Resistance mechanisms to ic type r/m bacteriophages of lactic acid bacteria

ABSTRACT

The invention concerns polypeptides constituting subunits of a resistance mechanism to Ic type R/M bacteriophages, active against the phages of lactic acid bacteria, and nucleic acid sequences coding for said polypeptides. The expression of said polypeptides in lactic acid bacteria enables to increase resistance to the attacks of bacteriophages.

[0001] The invention relates to systems of resistance to type Ic R/M bacteriophages, which are active on the bacteriophages of lactic acid bacteria.

[0002] Producing lactic acid bacteria resistant to attack by bacteriophages is of great value in the field of industrial fermentation.

[0003] With this aim, it is generally proposed:

[0004] either to select mutants, natural or obtained by mutagenesis, which are bacteriophage-resistant;

[0005] or to use vectors carrying genes encoding mechanisms of phage-resistance, to transfer these genes into initially non-resistant strains.

[0006] The mechanisms of phage resistance are grouped into 3 principal classes according to the step of the bacteriophage reproductive cycle with which they interfere:

[0007] the mechanisms grouped under the name “mechanisms of interference with adsorption ”, delay the adsorption of the phage onto the bacterium;

[0008] the mechanisms named “abortive infection mechanisms” (Abi) block phage multiplication and bring about the death of the infected bacterium before this bacterium produces viral particles capable of infecting other cells;

[0009] the mechanisms named “restriction/modification (R/M) mechanisms ”, degrade the phage DNA as soon as it enters the bacterium. These mechanisms combine a restriction endonuclease and a methylase whose function is to protect the bacterial genome by modifying the sequences of this genome which might constitute target sequences for the endonuclease.

[0010] 3 principal types of R/M mechanism (types I, II and III) have been described [for review, cf. for example Bickle and Kruger, Microbiological Reviews, 57, pp. 434-450 (1993)]. The characteristics of type I and II R/M mechanisms are briefly recalled below:

[0011] The type II R/M mechanisms are the most common; they consist of two distinct enzymes, a methylase and an endonuclease, which are independently active and which recognize a common target-sequence.

[0012] The type I R/M mechanisms were discovered principally in enterobacteria, then were also demonstrated in a few Gram⁺ bacteria (Bacillus subtilis and Mycobacterium pulmonis) and in archaebacteria.

[0013] In these mechanisms, the methylase (M, or HsdM subunit) and the endonuclease (R or HsdR subunit) each form one subunit of a multifunctional enzyme complex in which they are associated with a third protein (S, or HsdS subunit), which is responsible for the recognition of specific sequences by the enzyme complex.

[0014] These three proteins are the products of genes named hsdM, hsdR and hsdS, respectively. Genetic complementation experiments and the comparison of the sequences of these genes have allowed the type I R/M mechanisms to be divided into 4 separate families having only very weak homology between them: Ia, Ib, Ic and Id.

[0015] Moreover, it has been observed that the type I R/M mechanisms could acquire a new specificity following recombination events in the hsdS gene [FULLER-PACE and MURRAY, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 83, pp. 9368-9372, (1986); SHARP et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 89, pp. 9836-9840, (1992); GUBLER et al. EMBO J., 11, pp. 233-240, (1992)].

[0016] The R/M mechanisms which have so far been characterized in the lactic acid bacteria and whose use has been proposed for rendering these bacteria more resistant to bacteriophages, are type II R/M mechanisms [FITZGERALD et al., Nucleic Acids Research, 10, pp. 8171-8179, (1982); NYENGAARD et al., Gene, 136, pp. 371-372, (1993); TOWNEY et al., Gene, 136, pp. 205-209, (1993); DAVIS et al., Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 59, pp. 777-785, (1995); NYENGAARD et al., Gene, 157, pp. 13-18, (1995); O'SULLIVAN et al., J. Bacteriol., 177, pp. 134-143 (1995); MOINEAU et al., Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 61, pp. 2193-2202, (1995)].

[0017] One of the principal disadvantages of using this type of mechanism is the appearance of resistant phages, due in particular to the fact that the methylase of the R/M system recognizes and modifies a certain proportion of the phage DNA molecules, which may then escape the action of the endonuclease. This phenomenon appears in particular during sustained use under industrial fermentation conditions. To limit this phenomenon, the combination of several R/M mechanisms recognizing various target sequences has been proposed [JOSEPHSEN and KLAENHAMMER, Plasmid, 23, 71-75 (1989)]; it is, therefore, particularly desirable to isolate novel mechanisms, of different specificity to that of the mechanisms already known.

[0018] The inventors have now isolated novel type Ic R/M mechanisms, which are active in lactic acid bacteria, and have expressed the genes encoding the different constituents thereof.

[0019] A subject of the present invention is a polypeptide which constitutes one of the HsdR, HsdM, or HsdS subunits of a mechanism of resistance to type Ic R/M bacteriophages, characterized in that said mechanism is active against the phages of lactic acid bacteria.

[0020] According to a preferred embodiment of a polypeptide which constitutes an HsdR subunit in accordance with the present invention, it comprises the following sequence (I) (represented in 1-letter code):

[0021] KRLARK

[0022] According to a preferred embodiment of a polypeptide which constitutes an HsdM subunit in accordance with the present invention, it comprises at least one of the following sequences (represented in a 1-letter code):

[0023] the sequence (II):

[0024] GLX₁FYKYLS

[0025] in which X₁ represents I or L,

[0026] the sequence (III):

[0027] ENDX₂NLNIPRYVDTFEEEE

[0028] in which X₂ represents Y or F

[0029] According to a preferred embodiment of a polypeptide which constitutes an HsdS subunit in accordance with the present invention, it comprises:

[0030] an N-terminal domain of about 150 to 180 amino acids, comprising the following sequence (IV):

[0031] PX₃LRFX₄GFTX₅DDWEERKX₆

[0032] in which X₃ represents E or Q, X₄ represents E, P, D or K, X₅ represents N or D, X₆ represents L or F;

[0033] a central domain of about 50 to 80 amino acids, comprising the following sequence (V):

[0034] EQX₇KIGX₈FFKX₉LDX₁₀TIX₁₁LHQRKLDLLKEQKKGYX₁₂QKMFPKNGX₁₃KX₁₄PELRFAX₁₅FADDWEX₁₆RKLG

[0035] in which X₇ represents R or Q, X₈ represents S, N or L, X₉ represents E, H or Q, X₁₀ represents A, D or N, X₁₁ represents A or V, X₁₂ represents L or F, X₁₃ represents A or S, X₁₄ represents I or V, X₁₅ represents E or G, X₁₆ represents D or E;

[0036] a C-terminal domain of about 160 to 200 amino acids, comprising the following sequence (VI):

[0037] EQX₁₅X₁₆IGSFFKQLDX₁₇TIX₁₈LHQRKLX₁₉

[0038] in which X₁₅ represents K or Q, X₁₆ represents K or Q, X₁₇ represents N or D, X₁₈ represents T, A or V, X₁₉ represents A or D;

[0039] and/or the following sequence (VII):

[0040] GFLQKMFX₂₀

[0041] in which X₂₀ represents V or H.

[0042] The present invention encompasses in particular:

[0043] the HsdR polypeptides corresponding to one of the sequences, respectively, represented in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 4;

[0044] the HsdM polypeptides corresponding to one of the sequences, respectively, represented in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 6 and SEQ ID NO: 8;

[0045] the HsdS polypeptides corresponding to one of the sequences, respectively, represented in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 16.

[0046] Association of any one of the HsdR polypeptides with any one of the HsdM polypeptides and any one of the HsdS polypeptides in accordance with the invention produces an enzyme complex constituting a type Ic R/M mechanism which is active in lactic acid bacteria. The specificity of action of this mechanism is conditioned by the HsdS polypeptide. The sequences (IV), (V), (VI) and (VII) represent conserved regions of the HsdS polypeptides in lactic acid bacteria (and in particular in lactococci), which are probably involved in the association of these peptides with the HsdR and HsdM polypeptides; these conserved regions are separated by variable regions which are involved in the recognition of specific nucleotide sequences.

[0047] A subject of the present invention is also the nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides defined above, and complementary sequences thereof.

[0048] DNA sequences in accordance with the invention are for example represented by:

[0049] the hsdR sequences SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 3, which code respectively for the polypeptides SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 4;

[0050] the hsdM sequences SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 7, which code respectively for the polypeptides SEQ ID NO: 6 and SEQ ID NO: 8;

[0051] the hsdS sequences SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 13 and SEQ ID NO: 15, which code respectively for the polypeptides SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 14 and SEQ ID NO: 16.

[0052] A subject of the present invention is also nucleic acid fragments of at least 18 bp which are homologous or complementary to all or part of a nucleic acid sequence encoding an HsdR, HsdM or HsdS polypeptide in accordance with the invention.

[0053] These fragments may in particular be used as hybridization probes and/or amplification primers, for detecting and selecting strains of lactic acid bacteria, or plasmids harboured by these strains, which contain at least one sequence encoding an HsdR, HsdM or HsdS polypeptide in accordance with the invention, and for isolating and/or cloning said sequence from a strain or a plasmid selected in this way.

[0054] Preferred subfragments are those which are situated within sequences encoding regions conserved between the HsdR subunits, between the HsdM subunits or between the HsdS subunits of the type Ic R/M mechanisms in accordance with the invention.

[0055] For example:

[0056] for selecting strains of lactic acid bacteria containing a sequence encoding an HsdR subunit, and/or for cloning said sequence, at least one oligonucleotide is advantageously used which is homologous or complementary to a sequence encoding at least 6 consecutive amino acids from one of the following peptides (represented in 1-letter code):

[0057] TGSGKT

[0058] KRLARK

[0059] LLTGFDS

[0060] which correspond to conserved regions of the HsdR subunits in L. lactis, identified by the inventors from the sequences SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 4

[0061] for selecting strains of lactic acid bacteria containing a sequence encoding an HsdM subunit, and/or for cloning said sequence, at least one oligonucleotide is advantageously used which is homologous or complementary to a sequence encoding at least 6 consecutive amino acids from one of the following peptides:

[0062] FYKYLS

[0063] LARMNL

[0064] LPHGVLFRGAAE

[0065] NLNIPRYVDTFEEEE

[0066] which correspond to conserved regions of the HsdM subunits in L lactis, identified by the Inventors by aligning the sequences SEQ ID NO: 6 and SEQ ID NO: 8;

[0067] for selecting strains of lactic acid bacteria containing a sequence encoding an HsdS subunit, and/or for isolating and cloning said sequence, at least one oligonucleotide is advantageously used which is homologous or complementary to a sequence encoding at least 6 consecutive amino acids from one of the following peptides:

[0068] DDWEERK

[0069] LHQRKLDLLKEQKKGY

[0070] QKMFPKNG

[0071] PELRFA

[0072] FADDWE

[0073] IGSFFKQLD

[0074] GFLQKMF

[0075] which correspond to conserved regions of the HsdS subunits in L. lactis, identified by the Inventors from the sequences SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 14 and SEQ ID NO: 16.

[0076] The DNA sequences in accordance with the invention may be used to express, in a lactic acid bacterium, one or more type Ic R/M mechanisms, in order to increase its bacteriophage resistance.

[0077] In accordance with the invention, to allow the expression in a bacterium, in particular in a lactic acid bacterium, of at least one mechanism of resistance to type Ic R/M bacteriophages of lactic acid bacteria, transformation of said bacteria with at least one DNA sequence in accordance with the invention is carried out.

[0078] The process in accordance with the invention may be carried out in different ways. For example, if the host bacterium does not naturally contain a sequence which encodes one of the HsdR, HsdM or HsdS subunits, it has to be transformed with at least three DNA sequences, each of which encodes one of these polypeptides. If, on the other hand, the host bacterium already contains at least one sequence (carried by the bacterial chromosome or by a plasmid) encoding one of the HsdR, HsdM or HsdS subunits, it is sufficient to transform it with a sequence or sequences encoding the missing subunit(s).

[0079] Advantageously, from the same strain of host bacterium which contains at least one sequence encoding an HsdR subunit and at least one sequence encoding an HsdM subunit, it is possible, by transformation with different sequences encoding HsdS subunits of different specificity, to produce strains having different resistance properties, and to limit the emergence of phages which evade the mechanism of resistance.

[0080] Advantageously, to widen the spectrum of bacteriophage resistance, sequences encoding HsdS subunits of different specificity may be simultaneously used in the same host bacterium. With the same aim, a mechanism of bacteriophage resistance chosen from the Abi mechanisms and the type II R/M mechanisms, may also be expressed in the transformed bacterium. In this case, it is possible to use a host bacterium already comprising at least one sequence encoding an Abi mechanism and/or at least one sequence encoding a type II R/M mechanism, or to introduce into the host bacterium both the sequence(s) encoding the Abi and/or type II R/M mechanism(s), and the sequence(s) encoding the HsdR, HsdM or HsdS subunit(s).

[0081] In transformed bacteria produced in accordance with the invention, the sequences encoding the mechanisms of bacteriophage resistance and in particular those encoding the HsdR, HsdM or HsdS subunits in accordance with the invention, may be carried by one same DNA molecule (bacterial chromosome or plasmid) or by different DNA molecules. Several sequences, carried by the same DNA molecule, may be part of the same transcription unit, or alternatively different transcription units. They may be placed under the control of their own transcription regulatory sequences, or under the control of heterologous sequences which are active in the host bacterium.

[0082] For example, the sequences encoding the HsdR, HsdM or HsdS subunits may be expressed under the control of promoter sequences which allow constitutive expression, or, advantageously, under the control of promoter sequences which allow inducible expression, for example a cold-inducible promoter such as that described in Application FR 96/15731 in the name of INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE.

[0083] Natural plasmids which are preselected with the aid of nucleic acid probes in accordance with the invention, and which contain at least one sequence encoding an HsdR, HsdM or HsdS subunit of a type Ic R/M mechanism of lactic acid bacteria, may be used to carry out the process according to the invention.

[0084] A subject of the present invention is also recombinant vectors, characterized in that they result from the insertion of at least one nucleic acid sequence in accordance with the invention into a suitable vector, and in particular recombinant vectors which can be used for transforming bacteria in accordance with the invention.

[0085] According to the use envisaged, the vectors chosen may be either vectors capable of replicating and persisting in the host bacterium in the form of a plasmid, such as for example the plasmids pIL252 and pIL253 described by SIMON and CHOPIN, [Biochimie, 70, pp. 559-566, (1988)], or vectors which allow the integration of the inserts that they carry into the chromosomal DNA of the host bacterium, such as for example the vectors described in PCT Application WO 94/16086 in the name of BIOTEKNOLOGISK INSTITUT and CHR. HASSEN'S LABORATORIUM DANMARK A/S or alternatively the plasmid pG⁺ host5 described by BISWAS et al., [J. Bact., 175, pp. 3628-3635, (1995)].

[0086] More generally, plasmid vectors and integrating vectors which can be used in lactococci are described in the review of: LEENHOUTS K. J. and VENEMA G. (1993), Lactococcal plasmid vectors, in: K. G. HARDY (ed) Plasmids. A practical approach. Second Edition. IRL Press, Oxford, pp. 65-94.

[0087] If several vectors are used to introduce the different HsdR, HsdM and HsdS subunits and, optionally, other mechanisms of bacteriophage resistance into the host bacterium, mutually-compatible vectors are chosen.

[0088] The present invention may advantageously be implemented in any field in which industrial fermentation is involved, and in particular in the dairy and cheese industry. Bacterial strains having an increased resistance to bacteriophages may be produced in accordance with the invention, from strains of lactic acid bacteria of industrial value, either by selecting bacteria which naturally possess a type Ic R/M system using nucleic acid probes in accordance with the invention, or by transforming host bacteria with the aid of nucleic acid sequences in accordance with the invention.

[0089] The present invention will be better understood with the aid of the additional description which follows, and which refers to examples of cloning of sequences encoding subunits of type Ic R/M mechanisms, and of use of these sequences to increase the resistance of host bacteria to bacteriophage attacks.

EXAMPLE 1 Production of DNA Fragments Encoding HsdS Subunits of Type Ic R/M Mechanisms

[0090] Manipulation of the DNA, cloning and transformation of bacterial cells are, in the absence of specific details to the contrary, carried out according to the protocols described by SAMBROOK et al., [(Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor N.Y. (1989)].

[0091] GAUTIER and CHOPIN [App. Environ. Microbiol. 53, 923-927 (1987)], and CHOPIN et al., [Plasmid, 11, pp. 260-263, (1984)] describe the existence of R/M type mechanisms of phage resistance, associated respectively with the plasmids pIL 103 and pIL7.

[0092] The pIL 103 DNA was digested with EcoRI, and the fragments produced were ligated to the EcoRI site of the pIL204 vector [SIMON and CHOPIN, Biochimie 70, 559-566, (1988)]. The ligation mixture was used to transform L. Lactis ssp lactis bacteria of the IL1403 strain. The bacterial colonies were selected on the basis of their resistance to the bIL67 phage. A recombinant plasmid carrying an insert of about 3.7 kb was obtained from bacterial clones which were resistant to the phage attack. This recombinant plasmid was named pIL261.

[0093] Surprisingly, sequencing the 3.7 kb insert of the pIL261 plasmid brought to light no sequence showing homology with those of the R/M mechanisms known in lactococci.

[0094] However, two reading frames, orf1 and orf2, were located in this 3.7 kb fragment.

[0095] The orf1 reading frame encodes a protein showing strong homology with the RepB proteins already identified in lactococci.

[0096] The sequence of the protein encoded by the orf2 reading frame shows no homology with known sequences of proteins of lactic acid bacteria; however, the central region and the N-terminal region of this protein contain repeated sequences which possess a certain homology with repeated consensus sequences of the HsdS subunits of type Ic R/M systems of enterobacteria and mycoplasmas.

[0097] A nucleic acid sequence containing the orf2 reading frame and the sequence of the corresponding polypeptide are represented respectively in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 13 and SEQ ID NO: 14.

[0098] Similarly, sequencing the pIL7 plasmid revealed a reading frame encoding a protein showing considerable homology with that encoded by the orf2 reading frame of the pIL261 plasmid, and also possessing repeated sequences resembling those of the HsdS subunits of the type I R/M systems.

[0099] A nucleic acid sequence containing this third reading frame, and the sequence of the corresponding polypeptide are represented respectively in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 15 and SEQ ID NO: 16.

[0100] Oligonucleotide probes, derived from the sequences encoding regions which are conserved between the sequences SEQ ID NO: 14 and SEQ ID NO: 16, were used to search for the existence of other homologous sequences of type hsdS. These probes enabled sequences of this type to be revealed on the chromosomal DNA of the IL1403 strain, and in a plasmid derived from the IL420 strain of L. lactis ssp. lactis, harboured by IL403.

[0101] The sequence of type hsdS obtained from the chromosomal DNA of the IL1403 strain, and the sequence of the corresponding polypeptide, are represented respectively in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 9 and SEQ ID NO: 10.

[0102] The sequence of type hsdS obtained from the plasmid derived from the IL420 strain of L. lactis ssp. lactis, and the sequence of the corresponding polypeptide, are represented respectively in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 11 and SEQ ID NO: 12.

EXAMPLE 2 Production of DNA Fragments Encoding HsdR and HsdM Subunits of Type Ic R/M Mechanisms

[0103] The regions of the chromosome of the IL1403 strain, and of the plasmid derived from the IL420 strain, in which the sequences of type hsdS were located, were entirely sequenced.

[0104] This sequencing revealed, in both cases, directly upstream of the hsdS sequence, two open reading frames encoding proteins which contain, respectively, regions showing considerable homology with conserved domains of the R and M subunits of the type Ic R/M systems of enterobacteria and of mycoplasmas. These two open reading frames have been named, respectively, because of this homology, hsdR and hsdM.

[0105] On the chromosome of the IL1403 strain, as in the plasmid derived from the IL420 strain, the open reading frame order is, from upstream to downstream: hsdR, hsdM and hsdS.

[0106] The sequence of type hsdR obtained from the chromosomal DNA of the IL1403 strain, and the sequence of the corresponding polypeptide, are represented respectively in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2.

[0107] The sequence of type hsdM obtained from the chromosomal DNA of the IL1403 strain, and the sequence of the corresponding polypeptide, are represented respectively in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 6.

[0108] The sequence of type hsdR obtained from the plasmid derived from the IL420 strain of L. lactis ssp. lactis, and the sequence of the corresponding polypeptide, are represented respectively in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 3 and SEQ ID NO: 4.

[0109] The sequence of type hsdM obtained from the plasmid derived from the IL420 strain of L. lactis ssp. lactis, and the sequence of the corresponding polypeptide, are represented respectively in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 7 and SEQ ID NO: 8.

EXAMPLE 3 Use of Oligonucleotides Derived from the HsdR, HsdM and HsdS Sequences for Detecting Bacterial Strains which Possess Subunits of Type Ic R/M Systems

[0110] Regions of the hsdM sequences from the plasmid derived from the IL420 strain, and from the chromosome of the IL1403 strain, encoding the same peptide sequences, were identified.

[0111] The following oligonucleotides: * oligo 66 : TTA  GCA  CGT  ATG  AAC  TTA * oligo 67 : TTG  GCT  CGA  ATG  AAT  TTA

[0112] represent sequences which encode in the plasmid of the IL420 strain, and in the chromosome of the IL1403 strain, respectively, the peptide sequence (1-letter code) LARMNL.

[0113] The following oligonucleotides: * oligo 68 : CTC  TTC  AAA  GGT  ATC  CAC * oligo 69 : TTC  CTC  AAA  GGT  ATC  TAC

[0114] represent sequences complementary to the sequences encoding in the chromosome of the IL1403 strain, and in the plasmid of the IL420 strain, respectively, the peptide sequence (1-letter code) VDTFEE.

[0115] These oligonucleotides are used as PCR amplification primers (pairs 66/69 and 67/68) on 16 different strains of lactococci.

[0116] The following amplification conditions are used: the DNA extracted from each of the strains is placed in contact with deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates (each at 0.2 mM), each primer at 0.1 μM and 2.5 units of Taq polymerase (PROMEGA) in a standard buffer for Taq polymerase (PROMEGA). The reaction is carried out in a final volume of 100 μl.

[0117] After denaturing (94° C., 5 minutes), 30 cycles are carried out which alternate an annealing step at 50° C. for 30 seconds, an extension step at 72° C. for 30 seconds, and a denaturing step at 94° C. for 30 seconds.

[0118] As shown in Table I below, for 8 of the 16 strains tested (IL582, IL858, IL910, IL993, IL964, IL827, IL854 and MG1363), with one or other of the two pairs of primers, the presence of an amplification product of the expected length (about 670 bp) is observed. TABLE I PRIMERS STRAIN 66/69 67/68 IL827 (D) + + + IL910 (L) + + − IL2967 (L) − − CNRZ194 (C) − − CNRZ340 (D) − − CNRZ106 (C) − − IL2034 − − IL854 (C) +/− + + IL993 (C) − + + IL858 (C) + + + CNRZ10S (C) − − CNRZ269 (D) − − IL582 (L) +/− + + IL960 (L) − − IL964 (C) +/− + + MG1363 (L) + −

[0119] The amplification products obtained from strains IL582, IL858, IL910, IL993, MG1363, IL827, IL854 and IL964 were sequenced. In strains IL582, IL858, IL993, IL827, IL854 and IL964 the sequence is very similar to the hsdM sequence from the chromosome of the IL1403 strain, and in strains IL910 and MG1363 the sequence is very similar to the hsdM sequence from the plasmid of the IL420 strain.

EXAMPLE 4 Resistance to Phage Attack Conferred by the HsdR, HsdM and HsdS Subunits

[0120] The strains used are: the MG1363 and IL582 strains, which each possess a sequence encoding the M subunit of a type Ic R/M system, and the IL1403 strain, which possesses on its chromosome sequences encoding the three subunits R, M and S of a type Ic R/M system.

[0121] The bacteria are cultured and infected by the phages under the conditions described by TERZAGHI and SANDINE , [Appl. Microbiol., 29, 807-815, (1975)].

[0122] The results of the infection are expressed in PFU/ml, and the efficacy of propagation (eop) is determined, for each test, by the ratio between the number of PFU/ml for the bacterial strain tested, and the number of PFU/ml for a bacterial strain chosen as control.

[0123] Table II below shows the results obtained with the c2 phage on the MG1363 strain, chosen as control, and the IL1403 strain. TABLE II STRAIN NUMBER OF PHAGES (PFU/ML) EOP MG1363 10⁹ 1 IL1403 2.8 × 10⁷ 3 × 10⁻²

[0124] Table III below shows the results obtained with the bIL67 phage (previously propagated on the IL1403 strain) on:

[0125] the IL1403 strain without plasmids (1), and

[0126] the IL582 strain (5) chosen as controls,

[0127] the IL1403 strain transformed with the plasmid derived from the IL420 strain, carrying hsdR, hsdM and hsdS sequences (2).

[0128] the IL1403 strain transformed with the pIL7 plasmid carrying an hsdS sequence (3)

[0129] the IL1403 strain transformed with the pIL261 plasmid carrying an hsdS sequence (4)

[0130] the IL582 strain transformed with the pIL261 plasmid carrying an hsdS sequence (6) TABLE III STRAIN NUMBER OF PHAGES (PFU/ML) EOP 1 6 × 10⁹ 1 2 3 × 10⁴   5 × 10⁻⁶ 3 3.7 × 10⁷     6 × 10⁻³ 4 4 × 10³   6 × 10⁻⁷ 5 4 × 10⁹ 1 6 3 × 10⁴ 1.8 × 10⁻⁵

[0131] These results show that:

[0132] The HsdS subunits of the different mechanisms of resistance effectively have a different specificity: the mechanism carried by the chromosome of the IL1430 strain is relatively inefficient against the bIL67 phage, whilst on the other hand, the HsdS subunits carried by the plasmids increase, to a greater or lesser degree, resistance to this phage.

[0133] The HsdS subunits encoded by the pIL7 and pIL261 plasmids may associate with the HsdR and HsdM subunits encoded by the chromosome of IL1430 to reconstitute a functional type Ic R/M complex.

1 40 1 3050 DNA Lactococcus lactis CDS (44)...(3031) 1 aaagataaca aaaatcatgc attattgaga gggagaaaaa gga atg gca gaa gca 55 Met Ala Glu Ala 1 aaa ttt gaa gct gct ttg atc aaa aaa cta gaa gca gaa gga tgg acc 103 Lys Phe Glu Ala Ala Leu Ile Lys Lys Leu Glu Ala Glu Gly Trp Thr 5 10 15 20 tat cgt aaa gat tta tct tat gtc tct att aag gtc tta gag gga cac 151 Tyr Arg Lys Asp Leu Ser Tyr Val Ser Ile Lys Val Leu Glu Gly His 25 30 35 tgg cgt gag gtg ctt aat gaa aat aat gct tat aaa tta aat ggc aaa 199 Trp Arg Glu Val Leu Asn Glu Asn Asn Ala Tyr Lys Leu Asn Gly Lys 40 45 50 cct ttg tct gat gtt gaa ttt ggc tta gtg atg caa gaa gtt caa agg 247 Pro Leu Ser Asp Val Glu Phe Gly Leu Val Met Gln Glu Val Gln Arg 55 60 65 att aaa acg cct tat gat gct caa ctt tta ttg gta ggg gca gga ggt 295 Ile Lys Thr Pro Tyr Asp Ala Gln Leu Leu Leu Val Gly Ala Gly Gly 70 75 80 gtc ggc tct att cct ata aca cga gat gac ggc tct aac tta gaa gta 343 Val Gly Ser Ile Pro Ile Thr Arg Asp Asp Gly Ser Asn Leu Glu Val 85 90 95 100 gag att ttt tat gaa gat gat gtg gct ggt ggt cgg tca cgc tat gaa 391 Glu Ile Phe Tyr Glu Asp Asp Val Ala Gly Gly Arg Ser Arg Tyr Glu 105 110 115 gtc gtc agc caa gtg att ttt gat gag ctc cct cat gga cta gcg agc 439 Val Val Ser Gln Val Ile Phe Asp Glu Leu Pro His Gly Leu Ala Ser 120 125 130 aaa aga att att gat tta gcc ttg ctt att aac gga atc cca gta gcg 487 Lys Arg Ile Ile Asp Leu Ala Leu Leu Ile Asn Gly Ile Pro Val Ala 135 140 145 cat att gaa gaa aaa gat gaa cac tta caa aac caa tgg ggc gct ttt 535 His Ile Glu Glu Lys Asp Glu His Leu Gln Asn Gln Trp Gly Ala Phe 150 155 160 gag caa tta aaa ggg tat cac gga gaa ggc tta tat gag gga tta ttt 583 Glu Gln Leu Lys Gly Tyr His Gly Glu Gly Leu Tyr Glu Gly Leu Phe 165 170 175 180 gct ttt gtt caa gtt caa ttt atc ttg agt caa cac tct gcc aac tat 631 Ala Phe Val Gln Val Gln Phe Ile Leu Ser Gln His Ser Ala Asn Tyr 185 190 195 ttt gcc cgt cct aat cgt ctt gaa aat tat aac aaa act ttt gtt ttt 679 Phe Ala Arg Pro Asn Arg Leu Glu Asn Tyr Asn Lys Thr Phe Val Phe 200 205 210 ggt tgg cga gat gag caa cag aaa gat atc act gat gcg ttt gtc ttt 727 Gly Trp Arg Asp Glu Gln Gln Lys Asp Ile Thr Asp Ala Phe Val Phe 215 220 225 gcc cat caa gtg tta gga atc cct gca ctt cat cga cta gtg act gtg 775 Ala His Gln Val Leu Gly Ile Pro Ala Leu His Arg Leu Val Thr Val 230 235 240 aac atg att cca gat gct tcc aat agt aat ttg atg gtg atg aga agt 823 Asn Met Ile Pro Asp Ala Ser Asn Ser Asn Leu Met Val Met Arg Ser 245 250 255 260 tat caa att caa gcc aca aga gcg att tta cag cgt atg aaa gaa atg 871 Tyr Gln Ile Gln Ala Thr Arg Ala Ile Leu Gln Arg Met Lys Glu Met 265 270 275 gaa cat aac gac tac att caa aag gaa ggg ggc tat atc tgg cat acc 919 Glu His Asn Asp Tyr Ile Gln Lys Glu Gly Gly Tyr Ile Trp His Thr 280 285 290 act ggg tcg ggt aaa acg gtg act tct ttt aaa gta gcc cag cta cta 967 Thr Gly Ser Gly Lys Thr Val Thr Ser Phe Lys Val Ala Gln Leu Leu 295 300 305 gcg gct gcc cct aaa gta aaa aat gtt tta ttt att gtt gat cgt gtg 1015 Ala Ala Ala Pro Lys Val Lys Asn Val Leu Phe Ile Val Asp Arg Val 310 315 320 gac tta gtg gat caa acg tta gaa aac ttt aaa gat ttt gct tac att 1063 Asp Leu Val Asp Gln Thr Leu Glu Asn Phe Lys Asp Phe Ala Tyr Ile 325 330 335 340 caa ttt aaa aat aga att aaa aaa gta aat ggt agg gag tta aaa cga 1111 Gln Phe Lys Asn Arg Ile Lys Lys Val Asn Gly Arg Glu Leu Lys Arg 345 350 355 gag ttg agc cat aaa ggt gct tca cag atc tta tta att tct gtc caa 1159 Glu Leu Ser His Lys Gly Ala Ser Gln Ile Leu Leu Ile Ser Val Gln 360 365 370 ggt tta aca aaa gcc gtt aaa aat ggg cta aaa aat acc gat cga aat 1207 Gly Leu Thr Lys Ala Val Lys Asn Gly Leu Lys Asn Thr Asp Arg Asn 375 380 385 gtc att att atg gat gaa gca cat cga agt gct aat gga gaa tcg gtt 1255 Val Ile Ile Met Asp Glu Ala His Arg Ser Ala Asn Gly Glu Ser Val 390 395 400 cag ctt att aaa agt gcc ttt caa aaa acg act tgg ttt ggg ttt aca 1303 Gln Leu Ile Lys Ser Ala Phe Gln Lys Thr Thr Trp Phe Gly Phe Thr 405 410 415 420 gga act cct aat ttt tat agt gac gag att aat gac gtt caa acc act 1351 Gly Thr Pro Asn Phe Tyr Ser Asp Glu Ile Asn Asp Val Gln Thr Thr 425 430 435 cga gac att tca acc cat gat att ttt ggg aag aga ctc cat tct tat 1399 Arg Asp Ile Ser Thr His Asp Ile Phe Gly Lys Arg Leu His Ser Tyr 440 445 450 acc atc aag gat gcg att gga gat gga aac gtg tta ggg ttt gat att 1447 Thr Ile Lys Asp Ala Ile Gly Asp Gly Asn Val Leu Gly Phe Asp Ile 455 460 465 act tac ttt aat ccc acg att gaa att gaa tca ctt gac gaa gaa cat 1495 Thr Tyr Phe Asn Pro Thr Ile Glu Ile Glu Ser Leu Asp Glu Glu His 470 475 480 tcc gaa aaa gat tat gaa aaa gaa gtt tat caa agt cat gtt tat cga 1543 Ser Glu Lys Asp Tyr Glu Lys Glu Val Tyr Gln Ser His Val Tyr Arg 485 490 495 500 gaa caa gtg gtg caa gac att tta aac ctt tgg gat aaa acg tca agt 1591 Glu Gln Val Val Gln Asp Ile Leu Asn Leu Trp Asp Lys Thr Ser Ser 505 510 515 ggg gct ttg gtc gct ggc aaa cga gaa aag aat gtt ttt cag gcg atg 1639 Gly Ala Leu Val Ala Gly Lys Arg Glu Lys Asn Val Phe Gln Ala Met 520 525 530 tta gct gtt tca gga aag caa gcc gtg gtt cat tac tac aat ctt ttt 1687 Leu Ala Val Ser Gly Lys Gln Ala Val Val His Tyr Tyr Asn Leu Phe 535 540 545 aaa gaa aaa gcc cct cat ttg agg gta gca atg act ttt tct cga gat 1735 Lys Glu Lys Ala Pro His Leu Arg Val Ala Met Thr Phe Ser Arg Asp 550 555 560 gaa tct aat caa cct gga aca aaa gaa cag aat gaa gcc tta aaa aaa 1783 Glu Ser Asn Gln Pro Gly Thr Lys Glu Gln Asn Glu Ala Leu Lys Lys 565 570 575 580 gcg atc aaa gaa tac agt agt tgc ttc aat gtc cct agt ctt tta aat 1831 Ala Ile Lys Glu Tyr Ser Ser Cys Phe Asn Val Pro Ser Leu Leu Asn 585 590 595 gct caa gaa ccg gca cgg gcc tac atg att gat atc act aaa cgg ctc 1879 Ala Gln Glu Pro Ala Arg Ala Tyr Met Ile Asp Ile Thr Lys Arg Leu 600 605 610 gct cgt aaa aaa cca tat aac caa gga aaa gat gag gac cga tta gat 1927 Ala Arg Lys Lys Pro Tyr Asn Gln Gly Lys Asp Glu Asp Arg Leu Asp 615 620 625 cta gtg att gtc tcg gac caa ctg ctg aca gga ttt gac tca aaa tat 1975 Leu Val Ile Val Ser Asp Gln Leu Leu Thr Gly Phe Asp Ser Lys Tyr 630 635 640 att aat acg att tat atg gat aaa cag ctg aga gaa ggg atg tta atc 2023 Ile Asn Thr Ile Tyr Met Asp Lys Gln Leu Arg Glu Gly Met Leu Ile 645 650 655 660 caa gcg atg tcc cgg acc aat cga acg ttt cac ttg aac agt aaa cct 2071 Gln Ala Met Ser Arg Thr Asn Arg Thr Phe His Leu Asn Ser Lys Pro 665 670 675 cac gga aaa gtt cgg ttc tat cgt caa ggc gaa caa atg aag tct ttt 2119 His Gly Lys Val Arg Phe Tyr Arg Gln Gly Glu Gln Met Lys Ser Phe 680 685 690 gta gaa aat gcc ctt cgg att tat aca cga ggg ggg aat gat acg ctt 2167 Val Glu Asn Ala Leu Arg Ile Tyr Thr Arg Gly Gly Asn Asp Thr Leu 695 700 705 cag gga gca gat gaa gac tcc aaa aat gaa gat atc caa tcc tta gaa 2215 Gln Gly Ala Asp Glu Asp Ser Lys Asn Glu Asp Ile Gln Ser Leu Glu 710 715 720 gac gag cat atc ctg gca gaa ccc caa agt cat caa atc cca aaa tta 2263 Asp Glu His Ile Leu Ala Glu Pro Gln Ser His Gln Ile Pro Lys Leu 725 730 735 740 aca ccc gct gtt caa gaa cta aaa gcc ttt gcg gga gaa gat ttt agt 2311 Thr Pro Ala Val Gln Glu Leu Lys Ala Phe Ala Gly Glu Asp Phe Ser 745 750 755 caa att cct cgt ggt gag aaa gat tta aaa caa ttt gta agg cta ggg 2359 Gln Ile Pro Arg Gly Glu Lys Asp Leu Lys Gln Phe Val Arg Leu Gly 760 765 770 cta gaa aca caa aat cag att caa caa ttg gtt caa caa ggc tat gaa 2407 Leu Glu Thr Gln Asn Gln Ile Gln Gln Leu Val Gln Gln Gly Tyr Glu 775 780 785 tta ggg aac gaa att gac cta tta gat gct caa gga gag tcc act ggt 2455 Leu Gly Asn Glu Ile Asp Leu Leu Asp Ala Gln Gly Glu Ser Thr Gly 790 795 800 gaa aaa gtt cga ctt gat att tct agt ttt gag gag ttt ggg gct ttg 2503 Glu Lys Val Arg Leu Asp Ile Ser Ser Phe Glu Glu Phe Gly Ala Leu 805 810 815 820 caa gca agg ctt aat gat gct aga gaa aaa ttg ccc gaa gag gag cgt 2551 Gln Ala Arg Leu Asn Asp Ala Arg Glu Lys Leu Pro Glu Glu Glu Arg 825 830 835 cca gac ctc aca gaa att aga gtg ggc tta tct tta tat gac cat gag 2599 Pro Asp Leu Thr Glu Ile Arg Val Gly Leu Ser Leu Tyr Asp His Glu 840 845 850 att att gac tac gat tgg ctg gtt gat ctc tta aac ctc ttc atg gat 2647 Ile Ile Asp Tyr Asp Trp Leu Val Asp Leu Leu Asn Leu Phe Met Asp 855 860 865 cag aaa act cct gaa aac aaa gct tca att gag aaa cat att ctc cca 2695 Gln Lys Thr Pro Glu Asn Lys Ala Ser Ile Glu Lys His Ile Leu Pro 870 875 880 ttg gat gaa atg agc caa caa gag atc aag gat att atc gta gat ata 2743 Leu Asp Glu Met Ser Gln Gln Glu Ile Lys Asp Ile Ile Val Asp Ile 885 890 895 900 gaa tct ggg gaa att aag gaa cac ttt acg aaa gca acc ttg gaa gat 2791 Glu Ser Gly Glu Ile Lys Glu His Phe Thr Lys Ala Thr Leu Glu Asp 905 910 915 caa aga aag cac aaa cgc tcg gat cga caa gag tta aaa atc cgt cga 2839 Gln Arg Lys His Lys Arg Ser Asp Arg Gln Glu Leu Lys Ile Arg Arg 920 925 930 tgg gcg gcc aat caa aaa gtc aat ggc aat cgt att gtc caa gcc ttc 2887 Trp Ala Ala Asn Gln Lys Val Asn Gly Asn Arg Ile Val Gln Ala Phe 935 940 945 gat ctt ttc tta cca ggt cac agc tta gta gac aat tct caa tta tca 2935 Asp Leu Phe Leu Pro Gly His Ser Leu Val Asp Asn Ser Gln Leu Ser 950 955 960 gcg ctt gtt tca gaa att gaa gca gag gaa aac tta agc ttt ttt gga 2983 Ala Leu Val Ser Glu Ile Glu Ala Glu Glu Asn Leu Ser Phe Phe Gly 965 970 975 980 gcc tca gaa ttt gag act gca tta atg agc ttc ttc aat tca cta taa 3031 Ala Ser Glu Phe Glu Thr Ala Leu Met Ser Phe Phe Asn Ser Leu * 985 990 995 aaaaataaaa atactcgca 3050 2 995 PRT Lactococcus lactis 2 Met Ala Glu Ala Lys Phe Glu Ala Ala Leu Ile Lys Lys Leu Glu Ala 1 5 10 15 Glu Gly Trp Thr Tyr Arg Lys Asp Leu Ser Tyr Val Ser Ile Lys Val 20 25 30 Leu Glu Gly His Trp Arg Glu Val Leu Asn Glu Asn Asn Ala Tyr Lys 35 40 45 Leu Asn Gly Lys Pro Leu Ser Asp Val Glu Phe Gly Leu Val Met Gln 50 55 60 Glu Val Gln Arg Ile Lys Thr Pro Tyr Asp Ala Gln Leu Leu Leu Val 65 70 75 80 Gly Ala Gly Gly Val Gly Ser Ile Pro Ile Thr Arg Asp Asp Gly Ser 85 90 95 Asn Leu Glu Val Glu Ile Phe Tyr Glu Asp Asp Val Ala Gly Gly Arg 100 105 110 Ser Arg Tyr Glu Val Val Ser Gln Val Ile Phe Asp Glu Leu Pro His 115 120 125 Gly Leu Ala Ser Lys Arg Ile Ile Asp Leu Ala Leu Leu Ile Asn Gly 130 135 140 Ile Pro Val Ala His Ile Glu Glu Lys Asp Glu His Leu Gln Asn Gln 145 150 155 160 Trp Gly Ala Phe Glu Gln Leu Lys Gly Tyr His Gly Glu Gly Leu Tyr 165 170 175 Glu Gly Leu Phe Ala Phe Val Gln Val Gln Phe Ile Leu Ser Gln His 180 185 190 Ser Ala Asn Tyr Phe Ala Arg Pro Asn Arg Leu Glu Asn Tyr Asn Lys 195 200 205 Thr Phe Val Phe Gly Trp Arg Asp Glu Gln Gln Lys Asp Ile Thr Asp 210 215 220 Ala Phe Val Phe Ala His Gln Val Leu Gly Ile Pro Ala Leu His Arg 225 230 235 240 Leu Val Thr Val Asn Met Ile Pro Asp Ala Ser Asn Ser Asn Leu Met 245 250 255 Val Met Arg Ser Tyr Gln Ile Gln Ala Thr Arg Ala Ile Leu Gln Arg 260 265 270 Met Lys Glu Met Glu His Asn Asp Tyr Ile Gln Lys Glu Gly Gly Tyr 275 280 285 Ile Trp His Thr Thr Gly Ser Gly Lys Thr Val Thr Ser Phe Lys Val 290 295 300 Ala Gln Leu Leu Ala Ala Ala Pro Lys Val Lys Asn Val Leu Phe Ile 305 310 315 320 Val Asp Arg Val Asp Leu Val Asp Gln Thr Leu Glu Asn Phe Lys Asp 325 330 335 Phe Ala Tyr Ile Gln Phe Lys Asn Arg Ile Lys Lys Val Asn Gly Arg 340 345 350 Glu Leu Lys Arg Glu Leu Ser His Lys Gly Ala Ser Gln Ile Leu Leu 355 360 365 Ile Ser Val Gln Gly Leu Thr Lys Ala Val Lys Asn Gly Leu Lys Asn 370 375 380 Thr Asp Arg Asn Val Ile Ile Met Asp Glu Ala His Arg Ser Ala Asn 385 390 395 400 Gly Glu Ser Val Gln Leu Ile Lys Ser Ala Phe Gln Lys Thr Thr Trp 405 410 415 Phe Gly Phe Thr Gly Thr Pro Asn Phe Tyr Ser Asp Glu Ile Asn Asp 420 425 430 Val Gln Thr Thr Arg Asp Ile Ser Thr His Asp Ile Phe Gly Lys Arg 435 440 445 Leu His Ser Tyr Thr Ile Lys Asp Ala Ile Gly Asp Gly Asn Val Leu 450 455 460 Gly Phe Asp Ile Thr Tyr Phe Asn Pro Thr Ile Glu Ile Glu Ser Leu 465 470 475 480 Asp Glu Glu His Ser Glu Lys Asp Tyr Glu Lys Glu Val Tyr Gln Ser 485 490 495 His Val Tyr Arg Glu Gln Val Val Gln Asp Ile Leu Asn Leu Trp Asp 500 505 510 Lys Thr Ser Ser Gly Ala Leu Val Ala Gly Lys Arg Glu Lys Asn Val 515 520 525 Phe Gln Ala Met Leu Ala Val Ser Gly Lys Gln Ala Val Val His Tyr 530 535 540 Tyr Asn Leu Phe Lys Glu Lys Ala Pro His Leu Arg Val Ala Met Thr 545 550 555 560 Phe Ser Arg Asp Glu Ser Asn Gln Pro Gly Thr Lys Glu Gln Asn Glu 565 570 575 Ala Leu Lys Lys Ala Ile Lys Glu Tyr Ser Ser Cys Phe Asn Val Pro 580 585 590 Ser Leu Leu Asn Ala Gln Glu Pro Ala Arg Ala Tyr Met Ile Asp Ile 595 600 605 Thr Lys Arg Leu Ala Arg Lys Lys Pro Tyr Asn Gln Gly Lys Asp Glu 610 615 620 Asp Arg Leu Asp Leu Val Ile Val Ser Asp Gln Leu Leu Thr Gly Phe 625 630 635 640 Asp Ser Lys Tyr Ile Asn Thr Ile Tyr Met Asp Lys Gln Leu Arg Glu 645 650 655 Gly Met Leu Ile Gln Ala Met Ser Arg Thr Asn Arg Thr Phe His Leu 660 665 670 Asn Ser Lys Pro His Gly Lys Val Arg Phe Tyr Arg Gln Gly Glu Gln 675 680 685 Met Lys Ser Phe Val Glu Asn Ala Leu Arg Ile Tyr Thr Arg Gly Gly 690 695 700 Asn Asp Thr Leu Gln Gly Ala Asp Glu Asp Ser Lys Asn Glu Asp Ile 705 710 715 720 Gln Ser Leu Glu Asp Glu His Ile Leu Ala Glu Pro Gln Ser His Gln 725 730 735 Ile Pro Lys Leu Thr Pro Ala Val Gln Glu Leu Lys Ala Phe Ala Gly 740 745 750 Glu Asp Phe Ser Gln Ile Pro Arg Gly Glu Lys Asp Leu Lys Gln Phe 755 760 765 Val Arg Leu Gly Leu Glu Thr Gln Asn Gln Ile Gln Gln Leu Val Gln 770 775 780 Gln Gly Tyr Glu Leu Gly Asn Glu Ile Asp Leu Leu Asp Ala Gln Gly 785 790 795 800 Glu Ser Thr Gly Glu Lys Val Arg Leu Asp Ile Ser Ser Phe Glu Glu 805 810 815 Phe Gly Ala Leu Gln Ala Arg Leu Asn Asp Ala Arg Glu Lys Leu Pro 820 825 830 Glu Glu Glu Arg Pro Asp Leu Thr Glu Ile Arg Val Gly Leu Ser Leu 835 840 845 Tyr Asp His Glu Ile Ile Asp Tyr Asp Trp Leu Val Asp Leu Leu Asn 850 855 860 Leu Phe Met Asp Gln Lys Thr Pro Glu Asn Lys Ala Ser Ile Glu Lys 865 870 875 880 His Ile Leu Pro Leu Asp Glu Met Ser Gln Gln Glu Ile Lys Asp Ile 885 890 895 Ile Val Asp Ile Glu Ser Gly Glu Ile Lys Glu His Phe Thr Lys Ala 900 905 910 Thr Leu Glu Asp Gln Arg Lys His Lys Arg Ser Asp Arg Gln Glu Leu 915 920 925 Lys Ile Arg Arg Trp Ala Ala Asn Gln Lys Val Asn Gly Asn Arg Ile 930 935 940 Val Gln Ala Phe Asp Leu Phe Leu Pro Gly His Ser Leu Val Asp Asn 945 950 955 960 Ser Gln Leu Ser Ala Leu Val Ser Glu Ile Glu Ala Glu Glu Asn Leu 965 970 975 Ser Phe Phe Gly Ala Ser Glu Phe Glu Thr Ala Leu Met Ser Phe Phe 980 985 990 Asn Ser Leu 995 3 3150 DNA Lactococcus lactis CDS (9)...(3116) 3 taaaaaat ggt ggc aac tat gga aat gag ggg gat caa atg agt cat tcg 50 Gly Gly Asn Tyr Gly Asn Glu Gly Asp Gln Met Ser His Ser 1 5 10 gaa caa atg att gaa aac cag ttc ata cag atc tta agt gag aaa gaa 98 Glu Gln Met Ile Glu Asn Gln Phe Ile Gln Ile Leu Ser Glu Lys Glu 15 20 25 30 aat cag tgg act tat cgt ccg gac ttg aag tcg gaa gaa gca ctt tgc 146 Asn Gln Trp Thr Tyr Arg Pro Asp Leu Lys Ser Glu Glu Ala Leu Cys 35 40 45 caa aac ttt aga ggc cat ttg aac cga ata aat tta gca gta ttg gaa 194 Gln Asn Phe Arg Gly His Leu Asn Arg Ile Asn Leu Ala Val Leu Glu 50 55 60 gag caa cta tta acg gac aaa gaa ttt aag caa gtc aaa gtc gag ttt 242 Glu Gln Leu Leu Thr Asp Lys Glu Phe Lys Gln Val Lys Val Glu Phe 65 70 75 tca cgt ttg acc gga aca cct ttt tta gct tct caa tgg ctt aga gga 290 Ser Arg Leu Thr Gly Thr Pro Phe Leu Ala Ser Gln Trp Leu Arg Gly 80 85 90 gaa aac ggg gtg gct caa gtt tta tta gag cga gaa gat ggg gaa aaa 338 Glu Asn Gly Val Ala Gln Val Leu Leu Glu Arg Glu Asp Gly Glu Lys 95 100 105 110 gtg act tta gaa gcc ttt aga aat aag gat atc tca gga gga act tct 386 Val Thr Leu Glu Ala Phe Arg Asn Lys Asp Ile Ser Gly Gly Thr Ser 115 120 125 tct tat gag gta gtt cac caa gtg gtc cca gat tcc tct aga gta gat 434 Ser Tyr Glu Val Val His Gln Val Val Pro Asp Ser Ser Arg Val Asp 130 135 140 cgt gga gat gtg agc ttg ctg att aat ggg ctc cca atc att cat att 482 Arg Gly Asp Val Ser Leu Leu Ile Asn Gly Leu Pro Ile Ile His Ile 145 150 155 gag ctc caa aaa gag tcc gct aaa gac ggt ttc atg caa gct tat tat 530 Glu Leu Gln Lys Glu Ser Ala Lys Asp Gly Phe Met Gln Ala Tyr Tyr 160 165 170 caa att cag cgt tat gca gaa gat gga ttt ttt aaa ggg att tac gca 578 Gln Ile Gln Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Gly Phe Phe Lys Gly Ile Tyr Ala 175 180 185 190 acc act caa atc atg gtg att ccc aat aaa gtc gat acc cga tac ttt 626 Thr Thr Gln Ile Met Val Ile Pro Asn Lys Val Asp Thr Arg Tyr Phe 195 200 205 gca aga cct agt gaa gat acc gct gaa gcc tat gct cgg atg aag aag 674 Ala Arg Pro Ser Glu Asp Thr Ala Glu Ala Tyr Ala Arg Met Lys Lys 210 215 220 ttt tta ttt aat tgg cgg act gaa gac aat caa acg gtt tcc gat ttg 722 Phe Leu Phe Asn Trp Arg Thr Glu Asp Asn Gln Thr Val Ser Asp Leu 225 230 235 ttt gat ttt act cgt aca gtt ttg cgg ata ccc gat gcc cat gaa ttg 770 Phe Asp Phe Thr Arg Thr Val Leu Arg Ile Pro Asp Ala His Glu Leu 240 245 250 att agc caa tat acc att ctc gtc gat gat cca aaa aat cca aaa ttc 818 Ile Ser Gln Tyr Thr Ile Leu Val Asp Asp Pro Lys Asn Pro Lys Phe 255 260 265 270 ctc atg gct tta agg cct tac caa att cat gct att cgt aag att cgt 866 Leu Met Ala Leu Arg Pro Tyr Gln Ile His Ala Ile Arg Lys Ile Arg 275 280 285 cca aaa gcg gca cag cat gaa gga gga ttc att tgg cat gcg aca ggt 914 Pro Lys Ala Ala Gln His Glu Gly Gly Phe Ile Trp His Ala Thr Gly 290 295 300 tca gga aag acc att acc agt ttt gtc gca acg aaa tta tta gca caa 962 Ser Gly Lys Thr Ile Thr Ser Phe Val Ala Thr Lys Leu Leu Ala Gln 305 310 315 aat gcg atc ggt gtc gat cgt acg gtc atg gtt gtt gat aga aca gac 1010 Asn Ala Ile Gly Val Asp Arg Thr Val Met Val Val Asp Arg Thr Asp 320 325 330 tta gat gct caa acg cag gat gag ttt acg aag ttt gcc tcg gaa tac 1058 Leu Asp Ala Gln Thr Gln Asp Glu Phe Thr Lys Phe Ala Ser Glu Tyr 335 340 345 350 cat acc gga caa acg acc gga aat tcg gta gcc aat act ttg att gtt 1106 His Thr Gly Gln Thr Thr Gly Asn Ser Val Ala Asn Thr Leu Ile Val 355 360 365 ggg atc aaa aat caa aaa cag ttg gct cga aac ctc cta tca tca aaa 1154 Gly Ile Lys Asn Gln Lys Gln Leu Ala Arg Asn Leu Leu Ser Ser Lys 370 375 380 aat aat aat acg att tta gtg acc acg att caa aaa ctc tct gcg gct 1202 Asn Asn Asn Thr Ile Leu Val Thr Thr Ile Gln Lys Leu Ser Ala Ala 385 390 395 atg cga agt gcc caa caa gag agt gaa gaa aaa ggc tcg aat caa ttt 1250 Met Arg Ser Ala Gln Gln Glu Ser Glu Glu Lys Gly Ser Asn Gln Phe 400 405 410 gag aag ctg cgg caa gaa cat att gtt ttt att gtt gat gag gct cat 1298 Glu Lys Leu Arg Gln Glu His Ile Val Phe Ile Val Asp Glu Ala His 415 420 425 430 cgt gcg gtt agt gat gag gaa atg aaa cga att aag aaa ata tta ccc 1346 Arg Ala Val Ser Asp Glu Glu Met Lys Arg Ile Lys Lys Ile Leu Pro 435 440 445 aat tct acc tgg ttt gga tta acg ggg acg cct att ttt gaa gca aat 1394 Asn Ser Thr Trp Phe Gly Leu Thr Gly Thr Pro Ile Phe Glu Ala Asn 450 455 460 aaa aag caa gaa aat gga acc ttt gcc aga acg acg agc cag caa tac 1442 Lys Lys Gln Glu Asn Gly Thr Phe Ala Arg Thr Thr Ser Gln Gln Tyr 465 470 475 ggg cca ctc ctt cac tcc tat aca acc aaa aat gcc atg gat gat ggg 1490 Gly Pro Leu Leu His Ser Tyr Thr Thr Lys Asn Ala Met Asp Asp Gly 480 485 490 gct gtg tta ggc ttt caa gtc gag tat cat tcg ctg att tca gaa gag 1538 Ala Val Leu Gly Phe Gln Val Glu Tyr His Ser Leu Ile Ser Glu Glu 495 500 505 510 gat cta gag gtg att gtc acc caa ctc aat aaa gga aag ttg cca ggc 1586 Asp Leu Glu Val Ile Val Thr Gln Leu Asn Lys Gly Lys Leu Pro Gly 515 520 525 gat gcc ctc caa caa gag gaa tta ttg cct gcg gaa ctt tat gaa aaa 1634 Asp Ala Leu Gln Gln Glu Glu Leu Leu Pro Ala Glu Leu Tyr Glu Lys 530 535 540 gat gaa cat att cgt acc atg tta caa aaa atc ttt aat cgg agg agt 1682 Asp Glu His Ile Arg Thr Met Leu Gln Lys Ile Phe Asn Arg Arg Ser 545 550 555 gtg gtc aaa aag ttc aag gta aag aat ggt ttt cct acg atg tca gcc 1730 Val Val Lys Lys Phe Lys Val Lys Asn Gly Phe Pro Thr Met Ser Ala 560 565 570 att ctt acc act cac tcg att gct caa gcc aaa cat att tac cgg att 1778 Ile Leu Thr Thr His Ser Ile Ala Gln Ala Lys His Ile Tyr Arg Ile 575 580 585 590 tta aag gaa atg aaa gat aat ggg aca ctc ttg aat ggt cga caa ttt 1826 Leu Lys Glu Met Lys Asp Asn Gly Thr Leu Leu Asn Gly Arg Gln Phe 595 600 605 gat gaa cgt cat cga ctg att gat aaa gat ttc cca aga gta gct att 1874 Asp Glu Arg His Arg Leu Ile Asp Lys Asp Phe Pro Arg Val Ala Ile 610 615 620 acc ttc tca acc aat ccg gat cga tta gaa aaa aat gaa caa gac gat 1922 Thr Phe Ser Thr Asn Pro Asp Arg Leu Glu Lys Asn Glu Gln Asp Asp 625 630 635 gaa tta gta gag atc atg aaa gag tat gcg aaa cag ttt gat gct tct 1970 Glu Leu Val Glu Ile Met Lys Glu Tyr Ala Lys Gln Phe Asp Ala Ser 640 645 650 cct tat caa gat gag aaa ctc tac aat caa aat att aat aaa cgg ttg 2018 Pro Tyr Gln Asp Glu Lys Leu Tyr Asn Gln Asn Ile Asn Lys Arg Leu 655 660 665 670 gcc cgt aag gaa aag caa tat caa tcg gat ggt cag tgg cta gat ttt 2066 Ala Arg Lys Glu Lys Gln Tyr Gln Ser Asp Gly Gln Trp Leu Asp Phe 675 680 685 gtt att gtt gtc gat cgt tta ttg aca ggc ttt gat tct cca gcg att 2114 Val Ile Val Val Asp Arg Leu Leu Thr Gly Phe Asp Ser Pro Ala Ile 690 695 700 cta acc cta tat att gat cga gaa atg aac tat caa aag ctc ctt caa 2162 Leu Thr Leu Tyr Ile Asp Arg Glu Met Asn Tyr Gln Lys Leu Leu Gln 705 710 715 gcg ttc tca aga acc aac cgt att tat aca gga aaa gat tct ggt ttg 2210 Ala Phe Ser Arg Thr Asn Arg Ile Tyr Thr Gly Lys Asp Ser Gly Leu 720 725 730 att gtc tct ttt aga aaa ccc ttc acc atg aaa gag aat gtg caa aac 2258 Ile Val Ser Phe Arg Lys Pro Phe Thr Met Lys Glu Asn Val Gln Asn 735 740 745 750 acg ttt cgt cta ttc tca aat gaa aat caa aac ttt gat caa ctg att 2306 Thr Phe Arg Leu Phe Ser Asn Glu Asn Gln Asn Phe Asp Gln Leu Ile 755 760 765 cca aga gaa tat gaa gaa gtc aaa aaa gaa ttt atc gaa tgt tca aca 2354 Pro Arg Glu Tyr Glu Glu Val Lys Lys Glu Phe Ile Glu Cys Ser Thr 770 775 780 ctt tat aaa caa agc gaa gct gac cta tcg gat aat ccc cac gat ctt 2402 Leu Tyr Lys Gln Ser Glu Ala Asp Leu Ser Asp Asn Pro His Asp Leu 785 790 795 aaa acg atg att gcg caa gtg agt gct tat cag aag cta ggt aag agt 2450 Lys Thr Met Ile Ala Gln Val Ser Ala Tyr Gln Lys Leu Gly Lys Ser 800 805 810 tat aaa gcg ttc cga agc tat gat caa tac gaa gag gac ttt gaa gca 2498 Tyr Lys Ala Phe Arg Ser Tyr Asp Gln Tyr Glu Glu Asp Phe Glu Ala 815 820 825 830 ttt tca gaa gtg gtg gag cag ttg cca caa tat cga ggt aaa acg gaa 2546 Phe Ser Glu Val Val Glu Gln Leu Pro Gln Tyr Arg Gly Lys Thr Glu 835 840 845 aat gtt aaa aca aag att aaa gaa atg atc gag gat gag gag cat cct 2594 Asn Val Lys Thr Lys Ile Lys Glu Met Ile Glu Asp Glu Glu His Pro 850 855 860 gag gag gac ttc gag aag ctt tta caa gag att gct ttt tct tcg cag 2642 Glu Glu Asp Phe Glu Lys Leu Leu Gln Glu Ile Ala Phe Ser Ser Gln 865 870 875 ctc aat gcg aca cat aaa gac gtc gtg gat agt ttt tat att aat caa 2690 Leu Asn Ala Thr His Lys Asp Val Val Asp Ser Phe Tyr Ile Asn Gln 880 885 890 ctt ttg aaa gcg atc caa tta aac gaa gca ggg gcc gtt gaa aaa ttt 2738 Leu Leu Lys Ala Ile Gln Leu Asn Glu Ala Gly Ala Val Glu Lys Phe 895 900 905 910 gaa aaa gaa atc caa caa aag gat cct caa att caa aag atg tat cac 2786 Glu Lys Glu Ile Gln Gln Lys Asp Pro Gln Ile Gln Lys Met Tyr His 915 920 925 acc ttg aaa gat caa ctc gtc aat act act gaa gag atc gat gtg gct 2834 Thr Leu Lys Asp Gln Leu Val Asn Thr Thr Glu Glu Ile Asp Val Ala 930 935 940 caa tta aaa gag act tcg att caa aat gaa att caa aga cta ctt caa 2882 Gln Leu Lys Glu Thr Ser Ile Gln Asn Glu Ile Gln Arg Leu Leu Gln 945 950 955 aaa gaa gct gaa gaa ttt gga tta tcc ttc gac ttt tta cag tct gca 2930 Lys Glu Ala Glu Glu Phe Gly Leu Ser Phe Asp Phe Leu Gln Ser Ala 960 965 970 atg aat gaa tat caa ggc gat aag aaa gcg atc cct tat tta acc cat 2978 Met Asn Glu Tyr Gln Gly Asp Lys Lys Ala Ile Pro Tyr Leu Thr His 975 980 985 990 tta ctg gat tcg atg act ctt agt aaa gaa gag ttc gaa ccc aaa gcg 3026 Leu Leu Asp Ser Met Thr Leu Ser Lys Glu Glu Phe Glu Pro Lys Ala 995 1000 1005 ggt gaa aaa tac aga aga aga cca aaa gtt tta gaa gaa cga cta cga 3074 Gly Glu Lys Tyr Arg Arg Arg Pro Lys Val Leu Glu Glu Arg Leu Arg 1010 1015 1020 caa aac ttt gaa caa att caa aaa tgg aaa gaa gaa tta taa 3116 Gln Asn Phe Glu Gln Ile Gln Lys Trp Lys Glu Glu Leu * 1025 1030 1035 tggcgacagg tttaaatcaa caactatggg cttc 3150 4 1025 PRT Lactococcus lactis 4 Met Ser His Ser Glu Gln Met Ile Glu Asn Gln Phe Ile Gln Ile Leu 1 5 10 15 Ser Glu Lys Glu Asn Gln Trp Thr Tyr Arg Pro Asp Leu Lys Ser Glu 20 25 30 Glu Ala Leu Cys Gln Asn Phe Arg Gly His Leu Asn Arg Ile Asn Leu 35 40 45 Ala Val Leu Glu Glu Gln Leu Leu Thr Asp Lys Glu Phe Lys Gln Val 50 55 60 Lys Val Glu Phe Ser Arg Leu Thr Gly Thr Pro Phe Leu Ala Ser Gln 65 70 75 80 Trp Leu Arg Gly Glu Asn Gly Val Ala Gln Val Leu Leu Glu Arg Glu 85 90 95 Asp Gly Glu Lys Val Thr Leu Glu Ala Phe Arg Asn Lys Asp Ile Ser 100 105 110 Gly Gly Thr Ser Ser Tyr Glu Val Val His Gln Val Val Pro Asp Ser 115 120 125 Ser Arg Val Asp Arg Gly Asp Val Ser Leu Leu Ile Asn Gly Leu Pro 130 135 140 Ile Ile His Ile Glu Leu Gln Lys Glu Ser Ala Lys Asp Gly Phe Met 145 150 155 160 Gln Ala Tyr Tyr Gln Ile Gln Arg Tyr Ala Glu Asp Gly Phe Phe Lys 165 170 175 Gly Ile Tyr Ala Thr Thr Gln Ile Met Val Ile Pro Asn Lys Val Asp 180 185 190 Thr Arg Tyr Phe Ala Arg Pro Ser Glu Asp Thr Ala Glu Ala Tyr Ala 195 200 205 Arg Met Lys Lys Phe Leu Phe Asn Trp Arg Thr Glu Asp Asn Gln Thr 210 215 220 Val Ser Asp Leu Phe Asp Phe Thr Arg Thr Val Leu Arg Ile Pro Asp 225 230 235 240 Ala His Glu Leu Ile Ser Gln Tyr Thr Ile Leu Val Asp Asp Pro Lys 245 250 255 Asn Pro Lys Phe Leu Met Ala Leu Arg Pro Tyr Gln Ile His Ala Ile 260 265 270 Arg Lys Ile Arg Pro Lys Ala Ala Gln His Glu Gly Gly Phe Ile Trp 275 280 285 His Ala Thr Gly Ser Gly Lys Thr Ile Thr Ser Phe Val Ala Thr Lys 290 295 300 Leu Leu Ala Gln Asn Ala Ile Gly Val Asp Arg Thr Val Met Val Val 305 310 315 320 Asp Arg Thr Asp Leu Asp Ala Gln Thr Gln Asp Glu Phe Thr Lys Phe 325 330 335 Ala Ser Glu Tyr His Thr Gly Gln Thr Thr Gly Asn Ser Val Ala Asn 340 345 350 Thr Leu Ile Val Gly Ile Lys Asn Gln Lys Gln Leu Ala Arg Asn Leu 355 360 365 Leu Ser Ser Lys Asn Asn Asn Thr Ile Leu Val Thr Thr Ile Gln Lys 370 375 380 Leu Ser Ala Ala Met Arg Ser Ala Gln Gln Glu Ser Glu Glu Lys Gly 385 390 395 400 Ser Asn Gln Phe Glu Lys Leu Arg Gln Glu His Ile Val Phe Ile Val 405 410 415 Asp Glu Ala His Arg Ala Val Ser Asp Glu Glu Met Lys Arg Ile Lys 420 425 430 Lys Ile Leu Pro Asn Ser Thr Trp Phe Gly Leu Thr Gly Thr Pro Ile 435 440 445 Phe Glu Ala Asn Lys Lys Gln Glu Asn Gly Thr Phe Ala Arg Thr Thr 450 455 460 Ser Gln Gln Tyr Gly Pro Leu Leu His Ser Tyr Thr Thr Lys Asn Ala 465 470 475 480 Met Asp Asp Gly Ala Val Leu Gly Phe Gln Val Glu Tyr His Ser Leu 485 490 495 Ile Ser Glu Glu Asp Leu Glu Val Ile Val Thr Gln Leu Asn Lys Gly 500 505 510 Lys Leu Pro Gly Asp Ala Leu Gln Gln Glu Glu Leu Leu Pro Ala Glu 515 520 525 Leu Tyr Glu Lys Asp Glu His Ile Arg Thr Met Leu Gln Lys Ile Phe 530 535 540 Asn Arg Arg Ser Val Val Lys Lys Phe Lys Val Lys Asn Gly Phe Pro 545 550 555 560 Thr Met Ser Ala Ile Leu Thr Thr His Ser Ile Ala Gln Ala Lys His 565 570 575 Ile Tyr Arg Ile Leu Lys Glu Met Lys Asp Asn Gly Thr Leu Leu Asn 580 585 590 Gly Arg Gln Phe Asp Glu Arg His Arg Leu Ile Asp Lys Asp Phe Pro 595 600 605 Arg Val Ala Ile Thr Phe Ser Thr Asn Pro Asp Arg Leu Glu Lys Asn 610 615 620 Glu Gln Asp Asp Glu Leu Val Glu Ile Met Lys Glu Tyr Ala Lys Gln 625 630 635 640 Phe Asp Ala Ser Pro Tyr Gln Asp Glu Lys Leu Tyr Asn Gln Asn Ile 645 650 655 Asn Lys Arg Leu Ala Arg Lys Glu Lys Gln Tyr Gln Ser Asp Gly Gln 660 665 670 Trp Leu Asp Phe Val Ile Val Val Asp Arg Leu Leu Thr Gly Phe Asp 675 680 685 Ser Pro Ala Ile Leu Thr Leu Tyr Ile Asp Arg Glu Met Asn Tyr Gln 690 695 700 Lys Leu Leu Gln Ala Phe Ser Arg Thr Asn Arg Ile Tyr Thr Gly Lys 705 710 715 720 Asp Ser Gly Leu Ile Val Ser Phe Arg Lys Pro Phe Thr Met Lys Glu 725 730 735 Asn Val Gln Asn Thr Phe Arg Leu Phe Ser Asn Glu Asn Gln Asn Phe 740 745 750 Asp Gln Leu Ile Pro Arg Glu Tyr Glu Glu Val Lys Lys Glu Phe Ile 755 760 765 Glu Cys Ser Thr Leu Tyr Lys Gln Ser Glu Ala Asp Leu Ser Asp Asn 770 775 780 Pro His Asp Leu Lys Thr Met Ile Ala Gln Val Ser Ala Tyr Gln Lys 785 790 795 800 Leu Gly Lys Ser Tyr Lys Ala Phe Arg Ser Tyr Asp Gln Tyr Glu Glu 805 810 815 Asp Phe Glu Ala Phe Ser Glu Val Val Glu Gln Leu Pro Gln Tyr Arg 820 825 830 Gly Lys Thr Glu Asn Val Lys Thr Lys Ile Lys Glu Met Ile Glu Asp 835 840 845 Glu Glu His Pro Glu Glu Asp Phe Glu Lys Leu Leu Gln Glu Ile Ala 850 855 860 Phe Ser Ser Gln Leu Asn Ala Thr His Lys Asp Val Val Asp Ser Phe 865 870 875 880 Tyr Ile Asn Gln Leu Leu Lys Ala Ile Gln Leu Asn Glu Ala Gly Ala 885 890 895 Val Glu Lys Phe Glu Lys Glu Ile Gln Gln Lys Asp Pro Gln Ile Gln 900 905 910 Lys Met Tyr His Thr Leu Lys Asp Gln Leu Val Asn Thr Thr Glu Glu 915 920 925 Ile Asp Val Ala Gln Leu Lys Glu Thr Ser Ile Gln Asn Glu Ile Gln 930 935 940 Arg Leu Leu Gln Lys Glu Ala Glu Glu Phe Gly Leu Ser Phe Asp Phe 945 950 955 960 Leu Gln Ser Ala Met Asn Glu Tyr Gln Gly Asp Lys Lys Ala Ile Pro 965 970 975 Tyr Leu Thr His Leu Leu Asp Ser Met Thr Leu Ser Lys Glu Glu Phe 980 985 990 Glu Pro Lys Ala Gly Glu Lys Tyr Arg Arg Arg Pro Lys Val Leu Glu 995 1000 1005 Glu Arg Leu Arg Gln Asn Phe Glu Gln Ile Gln Lys Trp Lys Glu Glu 1010 1015 1020 Leu 1025 5 1600 DNA Lactococcus lactis CDS (21)...(1568) 5 agaaataagg agcgaataaa atg gca tta tca aat gaa caa aaa aat aaa atg 53 Met Ala Leu Ser Asn Glu Gln Lys Asn Lys Met 1 5 10 tgg gcc ctc tta aat caa acc cga gga cag att ggt tta acc gcc tat 101 Trp Ala Leu Leu Asn Gln Thr Arg Gly Gln Ile Gly Leu Thr Ala Tyr 15 20 25 aaa gac tac att ttt ggc tta cta ttt tat aaa tat tta tca gaa aag 149 Lys Asp Tyr Ile Phe Gly Leu Leu Phe Tyr Lys Tyr Leu Ser Glu Lys 30 35 40 gcc aca caa tgg ctg gga gaa gtt tta cga gga gac act tgg gaa aat 197 Ala Thr Gln Trp Leu Gly Glu Val Leu Arg Gly Asp Thr Trp Glu Asn 45 50 55 gtt tat gat caa gat cct gta aga gcc tta gac tat atg aaa caa aag 245 Val Tyr Asp Gln Asp Pro Val Arg Ala Leu Asp Tyr Met Lys Gln Lys 60 65 70 75 ctc ggt tat gcc atc caa ccg aag gaa ttt ttt aaa gat tgg gaa gct 293 Leu Gly Tyr Ala Ile Gln Pro Lys Glu Phe Phe Lys Asp Trp Glu Ala 80 85 90 gcc att cat gaa gaa cga ttt aac att cca atg att tca gat aca ttt 341 Ala Ile His Glu Glu Arg Phe Asn Ile Pro Met Ile Ser Asp Thr Phe 95 100 105 ggc cat ttt aat cag caa att gct ttt gaa gct aaa gat gat ttt gaa 389 Gly His Phe Asn Gln Gln Ile Ala Phe Glu Ala Lys Asp Asp Phe Glu 110 115 120 ggc atc ttt gat ggg atg cgt ttt gat agt tca gat tta gga agt aat 437 Gly Ile Phe Asp Gly Met Arg Phe Asp Ser Ser Asp Leu Gly Ser Asn 125 130 135 gcg caa gct cga gca agt gtg atg atc tcg atg att gag tta ctc tct 485 Ala Gln Ala Arg Ala Ser Val Met Ile Ser Met Ile Glu Leu Leu Ser 140 145 150 155 gcc cct gag ttt gat ctc tct aca gga ggg gac acc gtt tca gat atc 533 Ala Pro Glu Phe Asp Leu Ser Thr Gly Gly Asp Thr Val Ser Asp Ile 160 165 170 tac gaa tac ttg tta gaa aag ttt gcg acc gta ttg gcc tca gac atg 581 Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Leu Glu Lys Phe Ala Thr Val Leu Ala Ser Asp Met 175 180 185 gga caa tac tat act ccc aaa gaa att tca gag gtc atg gct cgt att 629 Gly Gln Tyr Tyr Thr Pro Lys Glu Ile Ser Glu Val Met Ala Arg Ile 190 195 200 ttg act ttt ggt aaa gcc gac gaa gac aat ttt tct att tat gat ccc 677 Leu Thr Phe Gly Lys Ala Asp Glu Asp Asn Phe Ser Ile Tyr Asp Pro 205 210 215 gcg gtc ggt tca gct tct ctc tta att act acc gcc agt cat atg aaa 725 Ala Val Gly Ser Ala Ser Leu Leu Ile Thr Thr Ala Ser His Met Lys 220 225 230 235 cat tcc aat caa agg gga gcg att aaa tac ttt ggt caa gaa aaa gat 773 His Ser Asn Gln Arg Gly Ala Ile Lys Tyr Phe Gly Gln Glu Lys Asp 240 245 250 gcc acc cct tac cga ttg gct cga atg aat tta atg atg cat aac att 821 Ala Thr Pro Tyr Arg Leu Ala Arg Met Asn Leu Met Met His Asn Ile 255 260 265 gaa tac aat gat att cag atc cat cat gcg gat act ttg gaa agc gat 869 Glu Tyr Asn Asp Ile Gln Ile His His Ala Asp Thr Leu Glu Ser Asp 270 275 280 tgg cct gac gga gtc att gaa ggg aaa gat acg cct cga atg ttt gac 917 Trp Pro Asp Gly Val Ile Glu Gly Lys Asp Thr Pro Arg Met Phe Asp 285 290 295 gca gtg atg gct aat cca cct tat tct gcc cat tgg aat aat aag gat 965 Ala Val Met Ala Asn Pro Pro Tyr Ser Ala His Trp Asn Asn Lys Asp 300 305 310 315 cgg gaa gat gac cct cga ttt cgt gaa tat ggc att gcg cca aaa act 1013 Arg Glu Asp Asp Pro Arg Phe Arg Glu Tyr Gly Ile Ala Pro Lys Thr 320 325 330 aaa gcg gac tat tct ttc ttg ttg cat tgt ttg tac cat acc aaa gag 1061 Lys Ala Asp Tyr Ser Phe Leu Leu His Cys Leu Tyr His Thr Lys Glu 335 340 345 agt ggc cgt gtg gcc att att ctc cca cac ggg gtc ttg ttt aga ggc 1109 Ser Gly Arg Val Ala Ile Ile Leu Pro His Gly Val Leu Phe Arg Gly 350 355 360 gct gcg gaa gga cgg att cga aaa gct ttg att gat aaa cat caa att 1157 Ala Ala Glu Gly Arg Ile Arg Lys Ala Leu Ile Asp Lys His Gln Ile 365 370 375 gaa gcg gta att ggt ttt cca gat aaa ctc ttt ttg aac aca ggc att 1205 Glu Ala Val Ile Gly Phe Pro Asp Lys Leu Phe Leu Asn Thr Gly Ile 380 385 390 395 ccc gtt tgt gtc tta att ctt aaa aag aat cga gca aac tct gat att 1253 Pro Val Cys Val Leu Ile Leu Lys Lys Asn Arg Ala Asn Ser Asp Ile 400 405 410 ctt ttt gtg gac gcc agt caa ggc ttt gaa aag atg aag aat caa aaa 1301 Leu Phe Val Asp Ala Ser Gln Gly Phe Glu Lys Met Lys Asn Gln Lys 415 420 425 caa ttg cgc cca gaa gat att gac aag atc act gaa aca gtc att cat 1349 Gln Leu Arg Pro Glu Asp Ile Asp Lys Ile Thr Glu Thr Val Ile His 430 435 440 cgc aag gcg gtt gat aaa tat agc cac tta gca acg ctt gag gaa gtc 1397 Arg Lys Ala Val Asp Lys Tyr Ser His Leu Ala Thr Leu Glu Glu Val 445 450 455 att gag aat gat tac aac tta aat att ccg cgt tat gtg gat acc ttt 1445 Ile Glu Asn Asp Tyr Asn Leu Asn Ile Pro Arg Tyr Val Asp Thr Phe 460 465 470 475 gaa gag gaa gaa tcg att gac tta gcg gat att caa ggt caa ata gat 1493 Glu Glu Glu Glu Ser Ile Asp Leu Ala Asp Ile Gln Gly Gln Ile Asp 480 485 490 gaa gta gac gca gag att gcg aaa gct aat caa acc tta gca aac tac 1541 Glu Val Asp Ala Glu Ile Ala Lys Ala Asn Gln Thr Leu Ala Asn Tyr 495 500 505 ttt aag gaa ctg gga gtg cta aaa tga aggaaagatt aaaggctcca 1588 Phe Lys Glu Leu Gly Val Leu Lys * 510 515 gaattaaggt tt 1600 6 515 PRT Lactococcus lactis 6 Met Ala Leu Ser Asn Glu Gln Lys Asn Lys Met Trp Ala Leu Leu Asn 1 5 10 15 Gln Thr Arg Gly Gln Ile Gly Leu Thr Ala Tyr Lys Asp Tyr Ile Phe 20 25 30 Gly Leu Leu Phe Tyr Lys Tyr Leu Ser Glu Lys Ala Thr Gln Trp Leu 35 40 45 Gly Glu Val Leu Arg Gly Asp Thr Trp Glu Asn Val Tyr Asp Gln Asp 50 55 60 Pro Val Arg Ala Leu Asp Tyr Met Lys Gln Lys Leu Gly Tyr Ala Ile 65 70 75 80 Gln Pro Lys Glu Phe Phe Lys Asp Trp Glu Ala Ala Ile His Glu Glu 85 90 95 Arg Phe Asn Ile Pro Met Ile Ser Asp Thr Phe Gly His Phe Asn Gln 100 105 110 Gln Ile Ala Phe Glu Ala Lys Asp Asp Phe Glu Gly Ile Phe Asp Gly 115 120 125 Met Arg Phe Asp Ser Ser Asp Leu Gly Ser Asn Ala Gln Ala Arg Ala 130 135 140 Ser Val Met Ile Ser Met Ile Glu Leu Leu Ser Ala Pro Glu Phe Asp 145 150 155 160 Leu Ser Thr Gly Gly Asp Thr Val Ser Asp Ile Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Leu 165 170 175 Glu Lys Phe Ala Thr Val Leu Ala Ser Asp Met Gly Gln Tyr Tyr Thr 180 185 190 Pro Lys Glu Ile Ser Glu Val Met Ala Arg Ile Leu Thr Phe Gly Lys 195 200 205 Ala Asp Glu Asp Asn Phe Ser Ile Tyr Asp Pro Ala Val Gly Ser Ala 210 215 220 Ser Leu Leu Ile Thr Thr Ala Ser His Met Lys His Ser Asn Gln Arg 225 230 235 240 Gly Ala Ile Lys Tyr Phe Gly Gln Glu Lys Asp Ala Thr Pro Tyr Arg 245 250 255 Leu Ala Arg Met Asn Leu Met Met His Asn Ile Glu Tyr Asn Asp Ile 260 265 270 Gln Ile His His Ala Asp Thr Leu Glu Ser Asp Trp Pro Asp Gly Val 275 280 285 Ile Glu Gly Lys Asp Thr Pro Arg Met Phe Asp Ala Val Met Ala Asn 290 295 300 Pro Pro Tyr Ser Ala His Trp Asn Asn Lys Asp Arg Glu Asp Asp Pro 305 310 315 320 Arg Phe Arg Glu Tyr Gly Ile Ala Pro Lys Thr Lys Ala Asp Tyr Ser 325 330 335 Phe Leu Leu His Cys Leu Tyr His Thr Lys Glu Ser Gly Arg Val Ala 340 345 350 Ile Ile Leu Pro His Gly Val Leu Phe Arg Gly Ala Ala Glu Gly Arg 355 360 365 Ile Arg Lys Ala Leu Ile Asp Lys His Gln Ile Glu Ala Val Ile Gly 370 375 380 Phe Pro Asp Lys Leu Phe Leu Asn Thr Gly Ile Pro Val Cys Val Leu 385 390 395 400 Ile Leu Lys Lys Asn Arg Ala Asn Ser Asp Ile Leu Phe Val Asp Ala 405 410 415 Ser Gln Gly Phe Glu Lys Met Lys Asn Gln Lys Gln Leu Arg Pro Glu 420 425 430 Asp Ile Asp Lys Ile Thr Glu Thr Val Ile His Arg Lys Ala Val Asp 435 440 445 Lys Tyr Ser His Leu Ala Thr Leu Glu Glu Val Ile Glu Asn Asp Tyr 450 455 460 Asn Leu Asn Ile Pro Arg Tyr Val Asp Thr Phe Glu Glu Glu Glu Ser 465 470 475 480 Ile Asp Leu Ala Asp Ile Gln Gly Gln Ile Asp Glu Val Asp Ala Glu 485 490 495 Ile Ala Lys Ala Asn Gln Thr Leu Ala Asn Tyr Phe Lys Glu Leu Gly 500 505 510 Val Leu Lys 515 7 1700 DNA Lactococcus lactis CDS (48)...(1661) 7 aaagttttag aagaacgact acgacaaaac tttgaacaaa ttcaaaa atg gaa aga 56 Met Glu Arg 1 aga att ata atg gcg aca ggt tta aat caa caa cta tgg gct tct gcg 104 Arg Ile Ile Met Ala Thr Gly Leu Asn Gln Gln Leu Trp Ala Ser Ala 5 10 15 gat atc tta cgt ggg aag atg gat gca agt gag tac aaa aac tat tta 152 Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Lys Met Asp Ala Ser Glu Tyr Lys Asn Tyr Leu 20 25 30 35 ctg gga tta att ttc tat aag tac ttg tct gat gcg cag ctg aga gaa 200 Leu Gly Leu Ile Phe Tyr Lys Tyr Leu Ser Asp Ala Gln Leu Arg Glu 40 45 50 gtt tat gaa caa gaa aat ggg aag aca gat acc ttc cca gaa cgt tcc 248 Val Tyr Glu Gln Glu Asn Gly Lys Thr Asp Thr Phe Pro Glu Arg Ser 55 60 65 act cag tat gca ggc ttc atg gaa tgg tac gaa gaa gac aaa gac gat 296 Thr Gln Tyr Ala Gly Phe Met Glu Trp Tyr Glu Glu Asp Lys Asp Asp 70 75 80 tta atc gaa aat atc caa ccc aaa caa ggt tac ttt atc caa ccc gat 344 Leu Ile Glu Asn Ile Gln Pro Lys Gln Gly Tyr Phe Ile Gln Pro Asp 85 90 95 caa ttg ttt tat agt tac cgc atc aaa gca gac aac tat gaa ttt aat 392 Gln Leu Phe Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Ile Lys Ala Asp Asn Tyr Glu Phe Asn 100 105 110 115 ttg acc gat tta caa gca ggt ttt aat gag ttg gaa cgt caa gga gaa 440 Leu Thr Asp Leu Gln Ala Gly Phe Asn Glu Leu Glu Arg Gln Gly Glu 120 125 130 gaa ttc agt gga ttg ttt gcg gac att gat tta aac tcc aca aaa tta 488 Glu Phe Ser Gly Leu Phe Ala Asp Ile Asp Leu Asn Ser Thr Lys Leu 135 140 145 gga tca aat gca cta cta cgt aat gtg acg atc act gag gtt ttg cgt 536 Gly Ser Asn Ala Leu Leu Arg Asn Val Thr Ile Thr Glu Val Leu Arg 150 155 160 gcc tta gat gag att gat tta ttt gaa cac aat ggc gat gtg att ggg 584 Ala Leu Asp Glu Ile Asp Leu Phe Glu His Asn Gly Asp Val Ile Gly 165 170 175 gac gct tat gag tat ttg att gga gaa ttc gcg tca agt gca ggt aaa 632 Asp Ala Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Ile Gly Glu Phe Ala Ser Ser Ala Gly Lys 180 185 190 195 aaa gcc ggt gag ttt tat acg cct caa gct gtt tcg aaa atc atg tca 680 Lys Ala Gly Glu Phe Tyr Thr Pro Gln Ala Val Ser Lys Ile Met Ser 200 205 210 gaa att acg tcg att gga caa gaa acc cgt gcg cct ttt cat att tat 728 Glu Ile Thr Ser Ile Gly Gln Glu Thr Arg Ala Pro Phe His Ile Tyr 215 220 225 gat cct gcg atg ggg tca ggt tct ttg atg ctt aat atc cgt cgg tat 776 Asp Pro Ala Met Gly Ser Gly Ser Leu Met Leu Asn Ile Arg Arg Tyr 230 235 240 ctc aat aat cca gat caa gtg cac tat cat gga caa gag tta aat acg 824 Leu Asn Asn Pro Asp Gln Val His Tyr His Gly Gln Glu Leu Asn Thr 245 250 255 acg acc ttt aac tta gca cgt atg aac tta att ctt cat gga ata gat 872 Thr Thr Phe Asn Leu Ala Arg Met Asn Leu Ile Leu His Gly Ile Asp 260 265 270 275 aaa gaa cgc atg aac ctg aat aac gga gat act tta gat gcc gat tgg 920 Lys Glu Arg Met Asn Leu Asn Asn Gly Asp Thr Leu Asp Ala Asp Trp 280 285 290 ccc tca gaa gaa ccg tat cag ttt gat tcc gta tgc atg aac cct cct 968 Pro Ser Glu Glu Pro Tyr Gln Phe Asp Ser Val Cys Met Asn Pro Pro 295 300 305 tat tct gcg aaa tgg tca gcg gca gat caa ttt ctc tct gac cct cgt 1016 Tyr Ser Ala Lys Trp Ser Ala Ala Asp Gln Phe Leu Ser Asp Pro Arg 310 315 320 ttt gag cgt ttt gga aaa tta gcg cct aaa tct aaa gcg gac ttt gcc 1064 Phe Glu Arg Phe Gly Lys Leu Ala Pro Lys Ser Lys Ala Asp Phe Ala 325 330 335 ttt ctc ctt cac ggt ttt tac cat ttg aaa gaa tcg gga aca atg ggg 1112 Phe Leu Leu His Gly Phe Tyr His Leu Lys Glu Ser Gly Thr Met Gly 340 345 350 355 att gtc ctg cct cat ggc gtt ctc ttt aga gga gcc gcg gaa gga acc 1160 Ile Val Leu Pro His Gly Val Leu Phe Arg Gly Ala Ala Glu Gly Thr 360 365 370 atc cgt caa gcc ctt tta gaa atg gga gct att gat gcg gtc att ggc 1208 Ile Arg Gln Ala Leu Leu Glu Met Gly Ala Ile Asp Ala Val Ile Gly 375 380 385 ttg ccg gcc aat atc ttt ttt gga acg agt att ccg aca acg gtt att 1256 Leu Pro Ala Asn Ile Phe Phe Gly Thr Ser Ile Pro Thr Thr Val Ile 390 395 400 att ttg aag aga aac cgc tct cgt cgt gat gtc tta ttt atc gat gct 1304 Ile Leu Lys Arg Asn Arg Ser Arg Arg Asp Val Leu Phe Ile Asp Ala 405 410 415 tct caa gac ttt gaa aaa cga aaa aat caa aat gtc ctg ttg gat gaa 1352 Ser Gln Asp Phe Glu Lys Arg Lys Asn Gln Asn Val Leu Leu Asp Glu 420 425 430 435 cat att gat aaa att gtt tct atc cac aaa aaa cga gaa gat att gaa 1400 His Ile Asp Lys Ile Val Ser Ile His Lys Lys Arg Glu Asp Ile Glu 440 445 450 aga tat gct cat gtt gca agt ttt gat gag atc caa gaa aat gac ttt 1448 Arg Tyr Ala His Val Ala Ser Phe Asp Glu Ile Gln Glu Asn Asp Phe 455 460 465 aac tta aat atc cct cgt tat gta gat acc ttt gag gaa gag gaa ccg 1496 Asn Leu Asn Ile Pro Arg Tyr Val Asp Thr Phe Glu Glu Glu Glu Pro 470 475 480 gtt gat ttg gtt gca gta aat acc aat ctc ctt aag atc aat gaa gaa 1544 Val Asp Leu Val Ala Val Asn Thr Asn Leu Leu Lys Ile Asn Glu Glu 485 490 495 tta gtt caa caa gag caa gtg ctc tta tcg atg att gac aat ttt gca 1592 Leu Val Gln Gln Glu Gln Val Leu Leu Ser Met Ile Asp Asn Phe Ala 500 505 510 515 gaa agt gaa gag aat caa gcc ttg att gaa tcg atg cgt ctt ctt ttg 1640 Glu Ser Glu Glu Asn Gln Ala Leu Ile Glu Ser Met Arg Leu Leu Leu 520 525 530 aga ggc ggt cat gat gag taa aaagagtcca caattaaggt ttgaaggttt 1691 Arg Gly Gly His Asp Glu * 535 tacggatga 1700 8 537 PRT Lactococcus lactis 8 Met Glu Arg Arg Ile Ile Met Ala Thr Gly Leu Asn Gln Gln Leu Trp 1 5 10 15 Ala Ser Ala Asp Ile Leu Arg Gly Lys Met Asp Ala Ser Glu Tyr Lys 20 25 30 Asn Tyr Leu Leu Gly Leu Ile Phe Tyr Lys Tyr Leu Ser Asp Ala Gln 35 40 45 Leu Arg Glu Val Tyr Glu Gln Glu Asn Gly Lys Thr Asp Thr Phe Pro 50 55 60 Glu Arg Ser Thr Gln Tyr Ala Gly Phe Met Glu Trp Tyr Glu Glu Asp 65 70 75 80 Lys Asp Asp Leu Ile Glu Asn Ile Gln Pro Lys Gln Gly Tyr Phe Ile 85 90 95 Gln Pro Asp Gln Leu Phe Tyr Ser Tyr Arg Ile Lys Ala Asp Asn Tyr 100 105 110 Glu Phe Asn Leu Thr Asp Leu Gln Ala Gly Phe Asn Glu Leu Glu Arg 115 120 125 Gln Gly Glu Glu Phe Ser Gly Leu Phe Ala Asp Ile Asp Leu Asn Ser 130 135 140 Thr Lys Leu Gly Ser Asn Ala Leu Leu Arg Asn Val Thr Ile Thr Glu 145 150 155 160 Val Leu Arg Ala Leu Asp Glu Ile Asp Leu Phe Glu His Asn Gly Asp 165 170 175 Val Ile Gly Asp Ala Tyr Glu Tyr Leu Ile Gly Glu Phe Ala Ser Ser 180 185 190 Ala Gly Lys Lys Ala Gly Glu Phe Tyr Thr Pro Gln Ala Val Ser Lys 195 200 205 Ile Met Ser Glu Ile Thr Ser Ile Gly Gln Glu Thr Arg Ala Pro Phe 210 215 220 His Ile Tyr Asp Pro Ala Met Gly Ser Gly Ser Leu Met Leu Asn Ile 225 230 235 240 Arg Arg Tyr Leu Asn Asn Pro Asp Gln Val His Tyr His Gly Gln Glu 245 250 255 Leu Asn Thr Thr Thr Phe Asn Leu Ala Arg Met Asn Leu Ile Leu His 260 265 270 Gly Ile Asp Lys Glu Arg Met Asn Leu Asn Asn Gly Asp Thr Leu Asp 275 280 285 Ala Asp Trp Pro Ser Glu Glu Pro Tyr Gln Phe Asp Ser Val Cys Met 290 295 300 Asn Pro Pro Tyr Ser Ala Lys Trp Ser Ala Ala Asp Gln Phe Leu Ser 305 310 315 320 Asp Pro Arg Phe Glu Arg Phe Gly Lys Leu Ala Pro Lys Ser Lys Ala 325 330 335 Asp Phe Ala Phe Leu Leu His Gly Phe Tyr His Leu Lys Glu Ser Gly 340 345 350 Thr Met Gly Ile Val Leu Pro His Gly Val Leu Phe Arg Gly Ala Ala 355 360 365 Glu Gly Thr Ile Arg Gln Ala Leu Leu Glu Met Gly Ala Ile Asp Ala 370 375 380 Val Ile Gly Leu Pro Ala Asn Ile Phe Phe Gly Thr Ser Ile Pro Thr 385 390 395 400 Thr Val Ile Ile Leu Lys Arg Asn Arg Ser Arg Arg Asp Val Leu Phe 405 410 415 Ile Asp Ala Ser Gln Asp Phe Glu Lys Arg Lys Asn Gln Asn Val Leu 420 425 430 Leu Asp Glu His Ile Asp Lys Ile Val Ser Ile His Lys Lys Arg Glu 435 440 445 Asp Ile Glu Arg Tyr Ala His Val Ala Ser Phe Asp Glu Ile Gln Glu 450 455 460 Asn Asp Phe Asn Leu Asn Ile Pro Arg Tyr Val Asp Thr Phe Glu Glu 465 470 475 480 Glu Glu Pro Val Asp Leu Val Ala Val Asn Thr Asn Leu Leu Lys Ile 485 490 495 Asn Glu Glu Leu Val Gln Gln Glu Gln Val Leu Leu Ser Met Ile Asp 500 505 510 Asn Phe Ala Glu Ser Glu Glu Asn Gln Ala Leu Ile Glu Ser Met Arg 515 520 525 Leu Leu Leu Arg Gly Gly His Asp Glu 530 535 9 1400 DNA Lactococcus lactis CDS (15)...(1385) 9 ctgggagtgc taaa atg aag gaa aga tta aag gct cca gaa tta agg ttt 50 Met Lys Glu Arg Leu Lys Ala Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe 1 5 10 gat ggt ttt acg gat gat tgg gaa gag cgt aag tta tta gac aat gta 98 Asp Gly Phe Thr Asp Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Leu Leu Asp Asn Val 15 20 25 gaa aaa gta tta cat tat cgt ggt aaa agc ccc gct aag ttt gga atg 146 Glu Lys Val Leu His Tyr Arg Gly Lys Ser Pro Ala Lys Phe Gly Met 30 35 40 gaa tgg ggt aca gaa ggt tat ctt gtt ctt tct gct ttg aat gtt aaa 194 Glu Trp Gly Thr Glu Gly Tyr Leu Val Leu Ser Ala Leu Asn Val Lys 45 50 55 60 aat gga tac att gat aaa tct gtt gaa gca aag tat ggg gat cat gaa 242 Asn Gly Tyr Ile Asp Lys Ser Val Glu Ala Lys Tyr Gly Asp His Glu 65 70 75 tta ttt gac aga tgg atg ggg aac aat cgg tta gaa aaa gga gat gtt 290 Leu Phe Asp Arg Trp Met Gly Asn Asn Arg Leu Glu Lys Gly Asp Val 80 85 90 gtt ttt aca aca gaa gct cct tta ggc aat gta gct caa gta ccc gat 338 Val Phe Thr Thr Glu Ala Pro Leu Gly Asn Val Ala Gln Val Pro Asp 95 100 105 aat aac gga tat ata tta aac caa aga gcg gtt gca ttt aaa tct ttg 386 Asn Asn Gly Tyr Ile Leu Asn Gln Arg Ala Val Ala Phe Lys Ser Leu 110 115 120 caa gaa aca gat gat aat ttc ttt gcg caa tta cta cga agt cct att 434 Gln Glu Thr Asp Asp Asn Phe Phe Ala Gln Leu Leu Arg Ser Pro Ile 125 130 135 140 gtt caa aat aca tta aaa gct agt tct tct ggg gga act gcc aaa ggt 482 Val Gln Asn Thr Leu Lys Ala Ser Ser Ser Gly Gly Thr Ala Lys Gly 145 150 155 att gga atg aaa gaa ttt gct aaa ctt aat gct cga gtt ccc gaa aca 530 Ile Gly Met Lys Glu Phe Ala Lys Leu Asn Ala Arg Val Pro Glu Thr 160 165 170 cat gaa gaa caa cga aaa ata ggg tta ttc ttc aaa cag cta gac gac 578 His Glu Glu Gln Arg Lys Ile Gly Leu Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Asp 175 180 185 act atc gtt ctt cat caa cgt aag tta gat ctt ctc aaa gag cag aaa 626 Thr Ile Val Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys 190 195 200 aaa gga tac ttg caa aaa atg ttc ccc aaa aat ggt tca aaa att cct 674 Lys Gly Tyr Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Pro Lys Asn Gly Ser Lys Ile Pro 205 210 215 220 gaa ttg aga ttt gcg gag ttt gct gac gat tgg gaa gaa cgt aag ttg 722 Glu Leu Arg Phe Ala Glu Phe Ala Asp Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Leu 225 230 235 ggt gaa gtt gca aca ttt cta aac gga cga gca tat aag caa gat gaa 770 Gly Glu Val Ala Thr Phe Leu Asn Gly Arg Ala Tyr Lys Gln Asp Glu 240 245 250 tta ctg gat tca ggt aaa tat aaa gtg ctt cgc gtc ggc aat ttt tat 818 Leu Leu Asp Ser Gly Lys Tyr Lys Val Leu Arg Val Gly Asn Phe Tyr 255 260 265 acc aat gat tct tgg tac tac tct aat atg gag ctt ggt gat aaa tat 866 Thr Asn Asp Ser Trp Tyr Tyr Ser Asn Met Glu Leu Gly Asp Lys Tyr 270 275 280 tat gtt gat aaa ggt gat cta gtt tat act tgg tca gcg aca ttt ggc 914 Tyr Val Asp Lys Gly Asp Leu Val Tyr Thr Trp Ser Ala Thr Phe Gly 285 290 295 300 cca cat att tgg agt ggc gaa aaa gtt att tac cat tat cac atc tgg 962 Pro His Ile Trp Ser Gly Glu Lys Val Ile Tyr His Tyr His Ile Trp 305 310 315 aaa gtc gag ctt tct aaa ttt ctt gat agg aat ttt aca ttg caa ctt 1010 Lys Val Glu Leu Ser Lys Phe Leu Asp Arg Asn Phe Thr Leu Gln Leu 320 325 330 tta gaa gcg gat aaa gca aga ttg tta tcc agt aca aat ggt tca aca 1058 Leu Glu Ala Asp Lys Ala Arg Leu Leu Ser Ser Thr Asn Gly Ser Thr 335 340 345 atg att cat gta acc aag gga gat atg gaa agt aaa att gtt tct att 1106 Met Ile His Val Thr Lys Gly Asp Met Glu Ser Lys Ile Val Ser Ile 350 355 360 cct aat att gat gag caa aaa caa att ggt tca ttc ttc aaa caa ctc 1154 Pro Asn Ile Asp Glu Gln Lys Gln Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu 365 370 375 380 gac aac act atc acc ctt cat caa cgt aag tta gat ttg ttg aaa gag 1202 Asp Asn Thr Ile Thr Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu 385 390 395 cag aaa aaa gga ttt cta caa aaa atg ttt cat tta aca aat tta gga 1250 Gln Lys Lys Gly Phe Leu Gln Lys Met Phe His Leu Thr Asn Leu Gly 400 405 410 gcc ttc act atg gaa act ata caa aaa tat tta aag ata att gtt gaa 1298 Ala Phe Thr Met Glu Thr Ile Gln Lys Tyr Leu Lys Ile Ile Val Glu 415 420 425 agt aat tat ctt cat caa cgt aag tta gac ttg ctt aag gag caa aaa 1346 Ser Asn Tyr Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys 430 435 440 aga att att aca aat aat gtt tat tca ttt ttt gta taa tataaagcga 1395 Arg Ile Ile Thr Asn Asn Val Tyr Ser Phe Phe Val * 445 450 455 tttaa 1400 10 456 PRT Lactococcus lactis 10 Met Lys Glu Arg Leu Lys Ala Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe Asp Gly Phe Thr 1 5 10 15 Asp Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Leu Leu Asp Asn Val Glu Lys Val Leu 20 25 30 His Tyr Arg Gly Lys Ser Pro Ala Lys Phe Gly Met Glu Trp Gly Thr 35 40 45 Glu Gly Tyr Leu Val Leu Ser Ala Leu Asn Val Lys Asn Gly Tyr Ile 50 55 60 Asp Lys Ser Val Glu Ala Lys Tyr Gly Asp His Glu Leu Phe Asp Arg 65 70 75 80 Trp Met Gly Asn Asn Arg Leu Glu Lys Gly Asp Val Val Phe Thr Thr 85 90 95 Glu Ala Pro Leu Gly Asn Val Ala Gln Val Pro Asp Asn Asn Gly Tyr 100 105 110 Ile Leu Asn Gln Arg Ala Val Ala Phe Lys Ser Leu Gln Glu Thr Asp 115 120 125 Asp Asn Phe Phe Ala Gln Leu Leu Arg Ser Pro Ile Val Gln Asn Thr 130 135 140 Leu Lys Ala Ser Ser Ser Gly Gly Thr Ala Lys Gly Ile Gly Met Lys 145 150 155 160 Glu Phe Ala Lys Leu Asn Ala Arg Val Pro Glu Thr His Glu Glu Gln 165 170 175 Arg Lys Ile Gly Leu Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Asp Thr Ile Val Leu 180 185 190 His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly Tyr Leu 195 200 205 Gln Lys Met Phe Pro Lys Asn Gly Ser Lys Ile Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe 210 215 220 Ala Glu Phe Ala Asp Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Leu Gly Glu Val Ala 225 230 235 240 Thr Phe Leu Asn Gly Arg Ala Tyr Lys Gln Asp Glu Leu Leu Asp Ser 245 250 255 Gly Lys Tyr Lys Val Leu Arg Val Gly Asn Phe Tyr Thr Asn Asp Ser 260 265 270 Trp Tyr Tyr Ser Asn Met Glu Leu Gly Asp Lys Tyr Tyr Val Asp Lys 275 280 285 Gly Asp Leu Val Tyr Thr Trp Ser Ala Thr Phe Gly Pro His Ile Trp 290 295 300 Ser Gly Glu Lys Val Ile Tyr His Tyr His Ile Trp Lys Val Glu Leu 305 310 315 320 Ser Lys Phe Leu Asp Arg Asn Phe Thr Leu Gln Leu Leu Glu Ala Asp 325 330 335 Lys Ala Arg Leu Leu Ser Ser Thr Asn Gly Ser Thr Met Ile His Val 340 345 350 Thr Lys Gly Asp Met Glu Ser Lys Ile Val Ser Ile Pro Asn Ile Asp 355 360 365 Glu Gln Lys Gln Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Asn Thr Ile 370 375 380 Thr Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly 385 390 395 400 Phe Leu Gln Lys Met Phe His Leu Thr Asn Leu Gly Ala Phe Thr Met 405 410 415 Glu Thr Ile Gln Lys Tyr Leu Lys Ile Ile Val Glu Ser Asn Tyr Leu 420 425 430 His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Arg Ile Ile Thr 435 440 445 Asn Asn Val Tyr Ser Phe Phe Val 450 455 11 1308 DNA Lactococcus lactis CDS (44)...(1258) 11 gccttgattg aatcgatgcg tcttcttttg agaggcggtc atg atg agt aaa aag 55 Met Ser Lys Lys 1 agt cca caa tta agg ttt gaa ggt ttt acg gat gat tgg gaa gaa cgt 103 Ser Pro Gln Leu Arg Phe Glu Gly Phe Thr Asp Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg 5 10 15 20 aag ttt gga gaa gtt tgg aaa aaa tca agt gag cgc aat tta aat tta 151 Lys Phe Gly Glu Val Trp Lys Lys Ser Ser Glu Arg Asn Leu Asn Leu 25 30 35 gaa tat tca ccg aag caa gtt tta tca gtg gct caa atg aaa tta aat 199 Glu Tyr Ser Pro Lys Gln Val Leu Ser Val Ala Gln Met Lys Leu Asn 40 45 50 cca tct aat aga aat gaa cag gat gat tat atg aaa aca tat aat gtg 247 Pro Ser Asn Arg Asn Glu Gln Asp Asp Tyr Met Lys Thr Tyr Asn Val 55 60 65 ctt cat aaa ggt gat att gca ttt gaa ggt aac aag tca aag agt ttt 295 Leu His Lys Gly Asp Ile Ala Phe Glu Gly Asn Lys Ser Lys Ser Phe 70 75 80 gca ttt ggt agg ttt gtt cta gat gat tta cag gat ggg ata gtc tcg 343 Ala Phe Gly Arg Phe Val Leu Asp Asp Leu Gln Asp Gly Ile Val Ser 85 90 95 100 cat gta ttt tat gta tat cgc cct att tgt aaa atg gat aca gat ttt 391 His Val Phe Tyr Val Tyr Arg Pro Ile Cys Lys Met Asp Thr Asp Phe 105 110 115 atg ata gtt tat ata aat aat gaa tct gta atg aag tat ctt tta gtt 439 Met Ile Val Tyr Ile Asn Asn Glu Ser Val Met Lys Tyr Leu Leu Val 120 125 130 aag gca act act aaa act ttg atg atg act act tta aat act aaa gat 487 Lys Ala Thr Thr Lys Thr Leu Met Met Thr Thr Leu Asn Thr Lys Asp 135 140 145 att gtt aaa cca aaa cta aac tta cct agt ctt gaa gaa caa caa aag 535 Ile Val Lys Pro Lys Leu Asn Leu Pro Ser Leu Glu Glu Gln Gln Lys 150 155 160 atc ggt tca ttc ttc aaa cag tta gat gcc act atc gct ctt cat caa 583 Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Ala Thr Ile Ala Leu His Gln 165 170 175 180 cgt aag cta gat ttg ttg aaa gaa cag aaa aaa ggc tac ttc caa aaa 631 Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly Tyr Phe Gln Lys 185 190 195 atg ttc cct aaa aat ggt gcc aaa gtt cct gaa ttg cga ttt gcg ggg 679 Met Phe Pro Lys Asn Gly Ala Lys Val Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe Ala Gly 200 205 210 ttt gct gac gat tgg gaa gat cgt aag tta ggt gaa tta gct agt ttt 727 Phe Ala Asp Asp Trp Glu Asp Arg Lys Leu Gly Glu Leu Ala Ser Phe 215 220 225 tca aaa ggc aat gga tat aca aaa aat gat tta gtc gaa ttt gga gat 775 Ser Lys Gly Asn Gly Tyr Thr Lys Asn Asp Leu Val Glu Phe Gly Asp 230 235 240 cca ata att tta tat ggt cgc tta tat aca aaa tat gaa aca gtt att 823 Pro Ile Ile Leu Tyr Gly Arg Leu Tyr Thr Lys Tyr Glu Thr Val Ile 245 250 255 260 gag aaa gta gat aca ttt gta aat aag aaa gat aaa tca ata att agt 871 Glu Lys Val Asp Thr Phe Val Asn Lys Lys Asp Lys Ser Ile Ile Ser 265 270 275 gga gga tct gaa gtc ata gtg cct gca tca gga gaa tct tca gaa gat 919 Gly Gly Ser Glu Val Ile Val Pro Ala Ser Gly Glu Ser Ser Glu Asp 280 285 290 att tct aga gct tca gtt gtt ggg aaa tca ggt ata att tta ggc gga 967 Ile Ser Arg Ala Ser Val Val Gly Lys Ser Gly Ile Ile Leu Gly Gly 295 300 305 gat tta aat ata att aaa cca gta aat tat att gat tct att ttt tta 1015 Asp Leu Asn Ile Ile Lys Pro Val Asn Tyr Ile Asp Ser Ile Phe Leu 310 315 320 gct tta act att tct aat gga tct caa caa aaa gaa atg tct aag aga 1063 Ala Leu Thr Ile Ser Asn Gly Ser Gln Gln Lys Glu Met Ser Lys Arg 325 330 335 340 gct caa gga aaa tct gta gtt cat ctg cat aac tct gat cta aaa caa 1111 Ala Gln Gly Lys Ser Val Val His Leu His Asn Ser Asp Leu Lys Gln 345 350 355 gta aat att tta tat cca aaa tta gga gaa caa caa aaa atc ggt tca 1159 Val Asn Ile Leu Tyr Pro Lys Leu Gly Glu Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly Ser 360 365 370 ttc ttc aaa caa cta gat aac act atc gtt ctt cat caa cgt aag tta 1207 Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Asn Thr Ile Val Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu 375 380 385 gat ttt ttg aaa gag cag aaa aaa ggc ttt tta caa aag atg ttt gtt 1255 Asp Phe Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly Phe Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Val 390 395 400 tag ggtctataat tagataataa cccctcacaa atcccattaa aatagcccct 1308 * 12 404 PRT Lactococcus lactis 12 Met Ser Lys Lys Ser Pro Gln Leu Arg Phe Glu Gly Phe Thr Asp Asp 1 5 10 15 Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Phe Gly Glu Val Trp Lys Lys Ser Ser Glu Arg 20 25 30 Asn Leu Asn Leu Glu Tyr Ser Pro Lys Gln Val Leu Ser Val Ala Gln 35 40 45 Met Lys Leu Asn Pro Ser Asn Arg Asn Glu Gln Asp Asp Tyr Met Lys 50 55 60 Thr Tyr Asn Val Leu His Lys Gly Asp Ile Ala Phe Glu Gly Asn Lys 65 70 75 80 Ser Lys Ser Phe Ala Phe Gly Arg Phe Val Leu Asp Asp Leu Gln Asp 85 90 95 Gly Ile Val Ser His Val Phe Tyr Val Tyr Arg Pro Ile Cys Lys Met 100 105 110 Asp Thr Asp Phe Met Ile Val Tyr Ile Asn Asn Glu Ser Val Met Lys 115 120 125 Tyr Leu Leu Val Lys Ala Thr Thr Lys Thr Leu Met Met Thr Thr Leu 130 135 140 Asn Thr Lys Asp Ile Val Lys Pro Lys Leu Asn Leu Pro Ser Leu Glu 145 150 155 160 Glu Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Ala Thr Ile 165 170 175 Ala Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly 180 185 190 Tyr Phe Gln Lys Met Phe Pro Lys Asn Gly Ala Lys Val Pro Glu Leu 195 200 205 Arg Phe Ala Gly Phe Ala Asp Asp Trp Glu Asp Arg Lys Leu Gly Glu 210 215 220 Leu Ala Ser Phe Ser Lys Gly Asn Gly Tyr Thr Lys Asn Asp Leu Val 225 230 235 240 Glu Phe Gly Asp Pro Ile Ile Leu Tyr Gly Arg Leu Tyr Thr Lys Tyr 245 250 255 Glu Thr Val Ile Glu Lys Val Asp Thr Phe Val Asn Lys Lys Asp Lys 260 265 270 Ser Ile Ile Ser Gly Gly Ser Glu Val Ile Val Pro Ala Ser Gly Glu 275 280 285 Ser Ser Glu Asp Ile Ser Arg Ala Ser Val Val Gly Lys Ser Gly Ile 290 295 300 Ile Leu Gly Gly Asp Leu Asn Ile Ile Lys Pro Val Asn Tyr Ile Asp 305 310 315 320 Ser Ile Phe Leu Ala Leu Thr Ile Ser Asn Gly Ser Gln Gln Lys Glu 325 330 335 Met Ser Lys Arg Ala Gln Gly Lys Ser Val Val His Leu His Asn Ser 340 345 350 Asp Leu Lys Gln Val Asn Ile Leu Tyr Pro Lys Leu Gly Glu Gln Gln 355 360 365 Lys Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Asn Thr Ile Val Leu His 370 375 380 Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Phe Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly Phe Leu Gln 385 390 395 400 Lys Met Phe Val 13 1300 DNA Lactococcus lactis CDS (11)...(1288) 13 ggtggggact atg gcg aaa ata gat gat tca gtt aaa aag aga gtt cca 49 Met Ala Lys Ile Asp Asp Ser Val Lys Lys Arg Val Pro 1 5 10 gaa tta agg ttt ccg gga ttt acg aat gat tgg gaa gag cgt aag ttt 97 Glu Leu Arg Phe Pro Gly Phe Thr Asn Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Phe 15 20 25 ttt gaa agt ata gct tca aca ata gat ttt aga ggt aga act cct aaa 145 Phe Glu Ser Ile Ala Ser Thr Ile Asp Phe Arg Gly Arg Thr Pro Lys 30 35 40 45 aag tta ggc atg gac tgg agt gat tct gga tat tta gct tta tcc gct 193 Lys Leu Gly Met Asp Trp Ser Asp Ser Gly Tyr Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala 50 55 60 ttg aac gta aaa aat gga tat att gat ccg tta gct gat gct cac tat 241 Leu Asn Val Lys Asn Gly Tyr Ile Asp Pro Leu Ala Asp Ala His Tyr 65 70 75 ggt gat gag aaa tta tac aga aaa tgg atg tca gga aga gaa cta aaa 289 Gly Asp Glu Lys Leu Tyr Arg Lys Trp Met Ser Gly Arg Glu Leu Lys 80 85 90 aaa gga cag gtt ctc ttt aca aca gag gct cct atg gga aat gtc gct 337 Lys Gly Gln Val Leu Phe Thr Thr Glu Ala Pro Met Gly Asn Val Ala 95 100 105 caa gta cct gat gat aac gga tat att tta agt caa aga act gta gca 385 Gln Val Pro Asp Asp Asn Gly Tyr Ile Leu Ser Gln Arg Thr Val Ala 110 115 120 125 ttt gag acc aaa gaa gat atg atg act aat gac ttc tta gct gta tta 433 Phe Glu Thr Lys Glu Asp Met Met Thr Asn Asp Phe Leu Ala Val Leu 130 135 140 tta aaa tct cct tta gtt ttc aat aat tta tca gca tta tca agc ggt 481 Leu Lys Ser Pro Leu Val Phe Asn Asn Leu Ser Ala Leu Ser Ser Gly 145 150 155 gga act gct aaa ggg gtt agt caa aaa tca tta aaa gga cta tct ata 529 Gly Thr Ala Lys Gly Val Ser Gln Lys Ser Leu Lys Gly Leu Ser Ile 160 165 170 act gtc cca ttg gat att gac gag caa caa aaa atc ggt tca ttc ttc 577 Thr Val Pro Leu Asp Ile Asp Glu Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe 175 180 185 aaa cat tta gat gac act atc gct ctt cat caa cgt aag ttg gat tta 625 Lys His Leu Asp Asp Thr Ile Ala Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu 190 195 200 205 ctc aag gaa cag aaa aaa ggc tac ttg caa aaa atg ttc cct aaa aat 673 Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly Tyr Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Pro Lys Asn 210 215 220 ggt gcc aaa gtt cct gaa ttg cga ttt gcg ggg ttt gct gac gat tgg 721 Gly Ala Lys Val Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe Ala Gly Phe Ala Asp Asp Trp 225 230 235 gaa gag cgt aag ttg ggt gat ata gct ccc tta cgt ggc ggt tat gca 769 Glu Glu Arg Lys Leu Gly Asp Ile Ala Pro Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Ala 240 245 250 ttc aaa agc tct aaa ttc agg aaa act ggt gtg cca att gtt aga att 817 Phe Lys Ser Ser Lys Phe Arg Lys Thr Gly Val Pro Ile Val Arg Ile 255 260 265 tca aat att ctt tcc agc ggg gag gta ggt gga gat ttt gca tat tat 865 Ser Asn Ile Leu Ser Ser Gly Glu Val Gly Gly Asp Phe Ala Tyr Tyr 270 275 280 285 gat gaa cag gat aag gat gac aaa tat att ctt cca gat aaa tca gca 913 Asp Glu Gln Asp Lys Asp Asp Lys Tyr Ile Leu Pro Asp Lys Ser Ala 290 295 300 gtc cta gcc atg tca ggt gca aca aca ggt aag gta tct ata cta tct 961 Val Leu Ala Met Ser Gly Ala Thr Thr Gly Lys Val Ser Ile Leu Ser 305 310 315 caa act gat tat gac aag gtc tat caa aac cag cga gtt ggt tat ttt 1009 Gln Thr Asp Tyr Asp Lys Val Tyr Gln Asn Gln Arg Val Gly Tyr Phe 320 325 330 cag tct gta gac tat att gac tac ggg ttt att tcc aca atc gtc cgt 1057 Gln Ser Val Asp Tyr Ile Asp Tyr Gly Phe Ile Ser Thr Ile Val Arg 335 340 345 tca gaa tta ttc atg atg caa ctt gag tct gtt cta gtt tca ggc gct 1105 Ser Glu Leu Phe Met Met Gln Leu Glu Ser Val Leu Val Ser Gly Ala 350 355 360 365 cag cca aat gta tcg tca aaa gaa att gat tcg ttt aat ttt atg att 1153 Gln Pro Asn Val Ser Ser Lys Glu Ile Asp Ser Phe Asn Phe Met Ile 370 375 380 ccc ata tta gtt cag gag caa caa aaa atc ggt tca ttc ttc aaa cag 1201 Pro Ile Leu Val Gln Glu Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln 385 390 395 tta gat gac act atc gct ctt cat caa cgt aag cta gat ttg ttg aaa 1249 Leu Asp Asp Thr Ile Ala Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys 400 405 410 gaa cag aaa aaa ggc ttt tta caa aag atg ttt gtt tag ggtctataat 1298 Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly Phe Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Val * 415 420 425 ta 1300 14 425 PRT Lactococcus lactis 14 Met Ala Lys Ile Asp Asp Ser Val Lys Lys Arg Val Pro Glu Leu Arg 1 5 10 15 Phe Pro Gly Phe Thr Asn Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Phe Phe Glu Ser 20 25 30 Ile Ala Ser Thr Ile Asp Phe Arg Gly Arg Thr Pro Lys Lys Leu Gly 35 40 45 Met Asp Trp Ser Asp Ser Gly Tyr Leu Ala Leu Ser Ala Leu Asn Val 50 55 60 Lys Asn Gly Tyr Ile Asp Pro Leu Ala Asp Ala His Tyr Gly Asp Glu 65 70 75 80 Lys Leu Tyr Arg Lys Trp Met Ser Gly Arg Glu Leu Lys Lys Gly Gln 85 90 95 Val Leu Phe Thr Thr Glu Ala Pro Met Gly Asn Val Ala Gln Val Pro 100 105 110 Asp Asp Asn Gly Tyr Ile Leu Ser Gln Arg Thr Val Ala Phe Glu Thr 115 120 125 Lys Glu Asp Met Met Thr Asn Asp Phe Leu Ala Val Leu Leu Lys Ser 130 135 140 Pro Leu Val Phe Asn Asn Leu Ser Ala Leu Ser Ser Gly Gly Thr Ala 145 150 155 160 Lys Gly Val Ser Gln Lys Ser Leu Lys Gly Leu Ser Ile Thr Val Pro 165 170 175 Leu Asp Ile Asp Glu Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys His Leu 180 185 190 Asp Asp Thr Ile Ala Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu 195 200 205 Gln Lys Lys Gly Tyr Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Pro Lys Asn Gly Ala Lys 210 215 220 Val Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe Ala Gly Phe Ala Asp Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg 225 230 235 240 Lys Leu Gly Asp Ile Ala Pro Leu Arg Gly Gly Tyr Ala Phe Lys Ser 245 250 255 Ser Lys Phe Arg Lys Thr Gly Val Pro Ile Val Arg Ile Ser Asn Ile 260 265 270 Leu Ser Ser Gly Glu Val Gly Gly Asp Phe Ala Tyr Tyr Asp Glu Gln 275 280 285 Asp Lys Asp Asp Lys Tyr Ile Leu Pro Asp Lys Ser Ala Val Leu Ala 290 295 300 Met Ser Gly Ala Thr Thr Gly Lys Val Ser Ile Leu Ser Gln Thr Asp 305 310 315 320 Tyr Asp Lys Val Tyr Gln Asn Gln Arg Val Gly Tyr Phe Gln Ser Val 325 330 335 Asp Tyr Ile Asp Tyr Gly Phe Ile Ser Thr Ile Val Arg Ser Glu Leu 340 345 350 Phe Met Met Gln Leu Glu Ser Val Leu Val Ser Gly Ala Gln Pro Asn 355 360 365 Val Ser Ser Lys Glu Ile Asp Ser Phe Asn Phe Met Ile Pro Ile Leu 370 375 380 Val Gln Glu Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Asp 385 390 395 400 Thr Ile Ala Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys 405 410 415 Lys Gly Phe Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Val 420 425 15 1250 DNA Lactococcus lactis CDS (46)...(1233) 15 aaaaaggata gaagaacaag aaaaaccaag aaagtggtgg ggact atg gcg aaa ata 57 Met Ala Lys Ile 1 gat gat tca gtt aaa aag aaa gtt cct gaa ttg cga ttt aaa gga ttt 105 Asp Asp Ser Val Lys Lys Lys Val Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe Lys Gly Phe 5 10 15 20 acg aat gat tgg gaa gag cgt aag tta gga gaa tta tct aat att gtt 153 Thr Asn Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Leu Gly Glu Leu Ser Asn Ile Val 25 30 35 ggt ggt gga aca cca agt aca tcg aac cct gaa tac tgg gac ggt gat 201 Gly Gly Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Ser Asn Pro Glu Tyr Trp Asp Gly Asp 40 45 50 att gat tgg tat gca cca gct gaa att gga gaa caa agt tat gtt agc 249 Ile Asp Trp Tyr Ala Pro Ala Glu Ile Gly Glu Gln Ser Tyr Val Ser 55 60 65 aaa agt aaa aag act att act gaa cta ggt cta aag aag agt tca gct 297 Lys Ser Lys Lys Thr Ile Thr Glu Leu Gly Leu Lys Lys Ser Ser Ala 70 75 80 cga att tta cca gta gga acc gtc tta ttt act tct cgt gct ggt atc 345 Arg Ile Leu Pro Val Gly Thr Val Leu Phe Thr Ser Arg Ala Gly Ile 85 90 95 100 gga aac acc gct ata tta gcc aaa gaa gct aca act aat caa ggg ttt 393 Gly Asn Thr Ala Ile Leu Ala Lys Glu Ala Thr Thr Asn Gln Gly Phe 105 110 115 caa tca att gtt cct gat caa aat aaa ctt gat agt tat ttt att ttt 441 Gln Ser Ile Val Pro Asp Gln Asn Lys Leu Asp Ser Tyr Phe Ile Phe 120 125 130 tca aga act aat gag ctc aag cga tat ggg gaa gtc act ggt gca gga 489 Ser Arg Thr Asn Glu Leu Lys Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val Thr Gly Ala Gly 135 140 145 tct act ttt gtt gag gtt tca ggt aag caa atg tcg aaa atg tcg att 537 Ser Thr Phe Val Glu Val Ser Gly Lys Gln Met Ser Lys Met Ser Ile 150 155 160 atg gta cct gaa ctt tca gaa caa caa aaa att ggt aac ttc ttt aaa 585 Met Val Pro Glu Leu Ser Glu Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly Asn Phe Phe Lys 165 170 175 180 gag tta gac aac act atc gct ctt cat cag cgt aag tta gat ttg ttg 633 Glu Leu Asp Asn Thr Ile Ala Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu 185 190 195 aaa gaa cag aaa aaa ggc tac ttg caa aaa atg ttc cct aaa aat ggt 681 Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly Tyr Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Pro Lys Asn Gly 200 205 210 gcc aaa gtt cct gaa ttg cga ttt gcg ggg ttt gct gac gat tgg gaa 729 Ala Lys Val Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe Ala Gly Phe Ala Asp Asp Trp Glu 215 220 225 gag cgt aag tta gga gat att act aaa ata agc acc gga aaa tta gat 777 Glu Arg Lys Leu Gly Asp Ile Thr Lys Ile Ser Thr Gly Lys Leu Asp 230 235 240 gca aat gca atg gtt gaa aat ggc aag tat gat ttt tat act tct gga 825 Ala Asn Ala Met Val Glu Asn Gly Lys Tyr Asp Phe Tyr Thr Ser Gly 245 250 255 260 att aaa aaa tat agg atc gat gta gca gcg ttt gaa gga ccg tcc att 873 Ile Lys Lys Tyr Arg Ile Asp Val Ala Ala Phe Glu Gly Pro Ser Ile 265 270 275 aca att gca ggt aat gga gca aca gtt gga tac atg cat tta gcg gat 921 Thr Ile Ala Gly Asn Gly Ala Thr Val Gly Tyr Met His Leu Ala Asp 280 285 290 aat aag ttc aat gcc tat caa cga act tat gtg ctc caa gag ttt cta 969 Asn Lys Phe Asn Ala Tyr Gln Arg Thr Tyr Val Leu Gln Glu Phe Leu 295 300 305 gta gat aga agt ttt ata ttt tca gaa att gga aat aag ctg cct aaa 1017 Val Asp Arg Ser Phe Ile Phe Ser Glu Ile Gly Asn Lys Leu Pro Lys 310 315 320 aaa ata aaa cag gaa gct cgt aca gga aat att ccg tac att gtt atg 1065 Lys Ile Lys Gln Glu Ala Arg Thr Gly Asn Ile Pro Tyr Ile Val Met 325 330 335 340 gac atg ttg act gaa ctg aag cta tcg att cct cag aat aat tca gag 1113 Asp Met Leu Thr Glu Leu Lys Leu Ser Ile Pro Gln Asn Asn Ser Glu 345 350 355 caa caa aaa ata ggt tca ttc ttt aaa cag cta gat gac act atc gct 1161 Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Asp Thr Ile Ala 360 365 370 ctt cat caa cgt aag tta gca ttt gtt gaa aga aca gaa aac aca ggc 1209 Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Ala Phe Val Glu Arg Thr Glu Asn Thr Gly 375 380 385 ttt tta caa aag atg ttt gtt tag ggtctataat tagataa 1250 Phe Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Val * 390 395 16 395 PRT Lactococcus lactis 16 Met Ala Lys Ile Asp Asp Ser Val Lys Lys Lys Val Pro Glu Leu Arg 1 5 10 15 Phe Lys Gly Phe Thr Asn Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Leu Gly Glu Leu 20 25 30 Ser Asn Ile Val Gly Gly Gly Thr Pro Ser Thr Ser Asn Pro Glu Tyr 35 40 45 Trp Asp Gly Asp Ile Asp Trp Tyr Ala Pro Ala Glu Ile Gly Glu Gln 50 55 60 Ser Tyr Val Ser Lys Ser Lys Lys Thr Ile Thr Glu Leu Gly Leu Lys 65 70 75 80 Lys Ser Ser Ala Arg Ile Leu Pro Val Gly Thr Val Leu Phe Thr Ser 85 90 95 Arg Ala Gly Ile Gly Asn Thr Ala Ile Leu Ala Lys Glu Ala Thr Thr 100 105 110 Asn Gln Gly Phe Gln Ser Ile Val Pro Asp Gln Asn Lys Leu Asp Ser 115 120 125 Tyr Phe Ile Phe Ser Arg Thr Asn Glu Leu Lys Arg Tyr Gly Glu Val 130 135 140 Thr Gly Ala Gly Ser Thr Phe Val Glu Val Ser Gly Lys Gln Met Ser 145 150 155 160 Lys Met Ser Ile Met Val Pro Glu Leu Ser Glu Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly 165 170 175 Asn Phe Phe Lys Glu Leu Asp Asn Thr Ile Ala Leu His Gln Arg Lys 180 185 190 Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly Tyr Leu Gln Lys Met Phe 195 200 205 Pro Lys Asn Gly Ala Lys Val Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe Ala Gly Phe Ala 210 215 220 Asp Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys Leu Gly Asp Ile Thr Lys Ile Ser Thr 225 230 235 240 Gly Lys Leu Asp Ala Asn Ala Met Val Glu Asn Gly Lys Tyr Asp Phe 245 250 255 Tyr Thr Ser Gly Ile Lys Lys Tyr Arg Ile Asp Val Ala Ala Phe Glu 260 265 270 Gly Pro Ser Ile Thr Ile Ala Gly Asn Gly Ala Thr Val Gly Tyr Met 275 280 285 His Leu Ala Asp Asn Lys Phe Asn Ala Tyr Gln Arg Thr Tyr Val Leu 290 295 300 Gln Glu Phe Leu Val Asp Arg Ser Phe Ile Phe Ser Glu Ile Gly Asn 305 310 315 320 Lys Leu Pro Lys Lys Ile Lys Gln Glu Ala Arg Thr Gly Asn Ile Pro 325 330 335 Tyr Ile Val Met Asp Met Leu Thr Glu Leu Lys Leu Ser Ile Pro Gln 340 345 350 Asn Asn Ser Glu Gln Gln Lys Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp 355 360 365 Asp Thr Ile Ala Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Ala Phe Val Glu Arg Thr 370 375 380 Glu Asn Thr Gly Phe Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Val 385 390 395 17 6 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdR subunit 17 Lys Arg Leu Ala Arg Lys 1 5 18 9 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdM subunit; 18 Gly Leu Xaa Phe Tyr Lys Tyr Leu Ser 1 5 19 19 PRT Artificial Sequence UNSURE (4)...(4) Xaa= Tyr or Phe 19 Glu Asn Asp Xaa Asn Leu Asn Ile Pro Arg Tyr Val Asp Thr Phe Glu 1 5 10 15 Glu Glu Glu 20 18 PRT Artificial Sequence An N-terminal domain 20 Pro Glx Leu Arg Phe Xaa Gly Phe Thr Asx Asp Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg 1 5 10 15 Lys Xaa 21 63 PRT Artificial Sequence A central domain 21 Glu Gln Xaa Lys Ile Gly Xaa Phe Phe Lys Xaa Leu Asp Xaa Thr Ile 1 5 10 15 Xaa Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly 20 25 30 Tyr Xaa Gln Lys Met Phe Pro Lys Asn Gly Xaa Lys Xaa Pro Glu Leu 35 40 45 Arg Phe Ala Xaa Phe Ala Asp Asp Trp Glu Xaa Arg Lys Leu Gly 50 55 60 22 24 PRT Artificial Sequence a C-terminal domain 22 Glu Gln Xaa Xaa Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp Asx Thr Ile 1 5 10 15 Xaa Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Xaa 20 23 8 PRT Artificial Sequence a C-terminal Domain 23 Gly Phe Leu Gln Lys Met Phe Xaa 1 5 24 6 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdR subunit 24 Thr Gly Ser Gly Lys Thr 1 5 25 7 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdR subunit 25 Leu Leu Thr Gly Phe Asp Ser 1 5 26 6 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdM subunit 26 Phe Tyr Lys Tyr Leu Ser 1 5 27 6 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdM subunit 27 Leu Ala Arg Met Asn Leu 1 5 28 12 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdM subunit 28 Leu Pro His Gly Val Leu Phe Arg Gly Ala Ala Glu 1 5 10 29 15 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdM subunit 29 Asn Leu Asn Ile Pro Arg Tyr Val Asp Thr Phe Glu Glu Glu Glu 1 5 10 15 30 7 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdS subunit 30 Asp Asp Trp Glu Glu Arg Lys 1 5 31 16 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdS subunit 31 Leu His Gln Arg Lys Leu Asp Leu Leu Lys Glu Gln Lys Lys Gly Tyr 1 5 10 15 32 8 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdS subunit 32 Gln Lys Met Phe Pro Lys Asn Gly 1 5 33 6 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdS subunit 33 Pro Glu Leu Arg Phe Ala 1 5 34 6 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdS subunit 34 Phe Ala Asp Asp Trp Glu 1 5 35 9 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdS subunit 35 Ile Gly Ser Phe Phe Lys Gln Leu Asp 1 5 36 7 PRT Artificial Sequence HsdS subunit 36 Gly Phe Leu Gln Lys Met Phe 1 5 37 18 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide primer 37 ttagcacgta tgaactta 18 38 18 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide primer 38 ttggctcgaa tgaattta 18 39 18 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide primer 39 ctcttcaaag gtatccac 18 40 18 DNA Artificial Sequence Oligonucleotide primer 40 ttcctcaaag gtatctac 18 

1. Polypeptide which constitutes one of the HsdR, HsdM, or HsdS subunits of a mechanism of resistance to type Ic R/M bacteriophages, characterized in that said mechanism is active against the phages of lactic acid bacteria.
 2. Polypeptide according to claim 1, characterized in that it is chosen from the group consisting of: the polypeptides constituting an HsdR subunit comprising the following sequence (I): KRLARK the polypeptides constituting an HsdM subunit comprising at least one of the following sequences: the sequence (II): GLX₁FYKYLS in which X₁ represents I or L, the sequence (III): ENDX₂NLNIPRYVDTFEEEE in which X₂ represents Y or F the polypeptides constituting an HsdS subunit comprising: an N-terminal domain of about 150 to 180 amino acids, comprising the following sequence (IV): PX₃LRFX₄GFTX₅DDWEERKX₆ in which X₃ represents E or Q, X₄ represents E, P, D or K, X₅ represents N or D, X₆ represents L or F; a central domain of about 50 to 80 amino acids, comprising the following sequence (V): EQX₇KIGX₈FFKX₉LDX₁₀TIX₁₁LHQRKLDLLKEQKKGYX₁₂QKMFPKNGX₁₃KX₁₄PELRFAX₁₅FADDWEX₁₆RKLG in which X₇ represents R or Q, X₈ represents S, N or L, X₉ represents E, H or Q, X₁₀ represents A, D or N, X₁₁ represents A or V, X₁₂ represents L or F, X₁₃ represents A or S, X₁₄ represents I or V, X₁₅ represents E or G and X₁₆ represents D or E; a C-terminal domain of about 160 to 200 amino acids, comprising the following sequence (VI): EQX₁₅X₁₆IGSFFKQLDX₁₇TIX₁₈LHQRKLX₁₉ in which X₁₅ represents K or Q, X₁₆ represents K or Q, X₁₇ represents N or D, X₁₈ represents T, A or V and X₁₉ represents A or D; and/or the following sequence (VII): GFLQKMFX₂₀ in which X₂₀ represents V or H.
 3. Polypeptide according to claim 2, characterized in that it is chosen from the group consisting of: an HsdR polypeptide corresponding to one of the sequences, respectively, represented in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 4; an HsdM polypeptide corresponding to one of the sequences, respectively, represented in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 6 and SEQ ID NO: 8; an HsdS polypeptide consisting of: an N-terminal domain of about 150 to 180 amino acids whose sequence is that of the N-terminal domain of any one of the sequences represented in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 14 and SEQ ID NO: 16; a central domain of about 50 to 80 amino acids, whose sequence is that of the central domain of any one of the sequences represented in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 14 and SEQ ID NO: 16; a C-terminal domain of about 160 to 200 amino acids, whose sequence is that of the C-terminal domain of any one of the sequences represented in the annexed sequence listing under the numbers SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 14 and SEQ ID NO:
 16. 4. Nucleic acid sequence, characterized in that it encodes a polypeptide according to any one of claims 1 to
 3. 5. Nucleic acid sequence according to claim 4, characterized in that it is chosen from the group consisting of: the hsdR sequences SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 3; the hsdM sequences SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 7; the hsdS sequences SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 13 and SEQ ID NO:
 15. 6. Nucleic acid fragment of at least 18 bp which is homologous or complementary to all or part of a nucleic acid sequence according to either of claims 4 and
 5. 7. Nucleic acid fragment according to claim 6, chosen from the group consisting of the oligonucleotides which are homologous or complementary to a sequence encoding at least 6 consecutive amino acids from one of the following peptides; TGSGKT KRLARK LLYGFDS FYKYLS LARMNL LPHGVLFRGAAE NLNIPRYVDTFEEEE DDWEERK LHQRKLDLLKEQKKGY QKMFPKNG PELRFA FADDWE IGSFFKQLD GFLQKMF.
 8. Use of at least one nucleic acid fragment according to either of claims 6 and 7, for selecting lactic acid bacteria containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding at least one subunit of a type Ic R/M mechanism.
 9. Use of at least one nucleic acid fragment according to either of claims 6 and 7, for isolating and/or cloning a nucleic acid comprising a sequence according to either of claims 4 and
 5. 10. Use of at least one nucleic acid sequence according to either of claims 4 and 5, to enable the expression, in a lactic acid bacterium, of at least one mechanism of resistance to type Ic R/M bacteriophages.
 11. Bacterium transformed by at least one nucleic acid sequence according to either of claims 4 and
 5. 12. Bacterium transformed according to claim 11, characterized in that it is, in addition, capable of expressing a mechanism of resistance to bacteriophages chosen from the Abi mechanisms and the type II R/M mechanisms. 